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Lost my XP Home CD but still have the registration key
-- I Lost my XP Home CD but still have the registration key is there any way to get or download a replacement from MS without purchasing new software? Eagle IT |
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If the XP CD is a Retail one, try he "How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware" http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;326246 If the CD is an OEM version, you will have to contact your supplier. -- Will Denny MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "Eagle IT" wrote in message ... -- I Lost my XP Home CD but still have the registration key is there any way to get or download a replacement from MS without purchasing new software? Eagle IT |
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Eagle IT typed: -- I Lost my XP Home CD but still have the registration key is there any way to get or download a replacement from MS without purchasing new software? Eagle IT If yours was a retail version, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246. But if it was an OEM version, Microsoft won't support it and you're probably out of luck. However it doesn't hurt to try asking the OEM you bought it from if they can replace it. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken Blake had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: In , Eagle IT typed: -- I Lost my XP Home CD but still have the registration key is there any way to get or download a replacement from MS without purchasing new software? Eagle IT If yours was a retail version, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246. But if it was an OEM version, Microsoft won't support it and you're probably out of luck. However it doesn't hurt to try asking the OEM you bought it from if they can replace it. Here's a good place for me to ask my burning question. The license was the key? For all intents and purposes? If the OP lost his key could he legally copy a friends CD and use that copy of the CD with HIS OWN legit license without violating the law? (The EULA isn't "law" but rather what Microsoft wants us to do, it's never been tried in court AFAIK thus isn't absolute.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning piracy. I'm just trying to understand. Failure of the OP to make a backup copy of the work on their own is their own fault and to have done so would have been within their legal rights even according to the EULA. (Microsoft even has somewhere on their site the directions for slipstreaming SP2 I think. So they're not against burning copies for your own use and for installation on a single PC according to the EULA.) This does really beg to be asked and if it has been then I missed it. I probably should have brought this to DTS but I'm curious and want to know. I'm not expecting anyone from Microsoft to even touch this question in a public forum (and I don't blame them.) Two questions really. The OP bought the license to the software (we'll assume non-OEM for this if you'll allow me that liberty as that's a whole other bowl of worms) and the license really wasn't for the medium the data was stored on but rather for the actual key. They lost the original installation media disc and may have a friend who has another non-OEM version of the same identical OS. Is there anything illegal if they copy their friends CD and use their own license? If it's not known if it's legal or not then does anyone really care if the above case is as stated? I carefully avoid the OEM subject in these questions as that just opens up too many different possibilities so please allow me the assumption that in the disks are full retail products. Galen -- Signature changed for a moment of silence. Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side. |
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Galen typed: In , Ken Blake had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: In , Eagle IT typed: -- I Lost my XP Home CD but still have the registration key is there any way to get or download a replacement from MS without purchasing new software? Eagle IT If yours was a retail version, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[ln];326246. But if it was an OEM version, Microsoft won't support it and you're probably out of luck. However it doesn't hurt to try asking the OEM you bought it from if they can replace it. Here's a good place for me to ask my burning question. The license was the key? For all intents and purposes? If the OP lost his key could he legally copy a friends CD and use that copy of the CD with HIS OWN legit license without violating the law? (The EULA isn't "law" but rather what Microsoft wants us to do, it's never been tried in court AFAIK thus isn't absolute.) Don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning piracy. I'm just trying to understand. Failure of the OP to make a backup copy of the work on their own is their own fault and to have done so would have been within their legal rights even according to the EULA. (Microsoft even has somewhere on their site the directions for slipstreaming SP2 I think. So they're not against burning copies for your own use and for installation on a single PC according to the EULA.) This does really beg to be asked and if it has been then I missed it. I probably should have brought this to DTS but I'm curious and want to know. I'm not expecting anyone from Microsoft to even touch this question in a public forum (and I don't blame them.) Two questions really. The OP bought the license to the software (we'll assume non-OEM for this if you'll allow me that liberty as that's a whole other bowl of worms) and the license really wasn't for the medium the data was stored on but rather for the actual key. They lost the original installation media disc and may have a friend who has another non-OEM version of the same identical OS. Is there anything illegal if they copy their friends CD and use their own license? If it's not known if it's legal or not then does anyone really care if the above case is as stated? I carefully avoid the OEM subject in these questions as that just opens up too many different possibilities so please allow me the assumption that in the disks are full retail products. I'm not a lawyer, and I certainly don't speak for Microsoft, so all I can do is offer my personal view. Yes, the license is the key, and if you have a legitimate key, there's nothing wrong with borrowing a friend's CD of the same type (Home vs Professional; Full vs Upgrade; Retail vs generic OEM) and making a copy of it. The result of doing this is exactly the same as if you had been prudent enough to copy your own CD for backup purposes in the first place, so it's hard for me to see how this could be illegal or objected to. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken Blake had this to say: My reply is at the bottom of your sent message: I'm not a lawyer, and I certainly don't speak for Microsoft, so all I can do is offer my personal view. Yes, the license is the key, and if you have a legitimate key, there's nothing wrong with borrowing a friend's CD of the same type (Home vs Professional; Full vs Upgrade; Retail vs generic OEM) and making a copy of it. The result of doing this is exactly the same as if you had been prudent enough to copy your own CD for backup purposes in the first place, so it's hard for me to see how this could be illegal or objected to. That's my opinion as well and I don't expect Microsoft to weigh in on this in a public forum. Some people might expect them to but I understand the business model to some extent and were I in their shoes I'd not say a word and I imagine anyone with the [MSFT] after their name (if it's legit as we've seen it's not always in the past) who did so would probably be called down to either the legal department or to HR for a bit of a lecture. I can see, on the other hand, Microsoft objecting to it. While the result is the same as if they'd retained the original or made a backup of the disc the EULA may be violated but when I read it this clause wasn't specifically mentioned. Though there's the exclusion of all rights not expressly granted probably. It makes me wonder. Now that I think about it I guess I would like an official answer because this isn't a question that's uncommon and I'd like a clear answer aside from the typical link to send them to attempt to get a replacement product or a stop-gap measure that they can take while waiting for their new CD to arrive. Galen -- Signature changed for a moment of silence. Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side. |
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