Becoming legal?

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Here's my situation; I hope someone (an MVP, maybe) can give me or
direct me to the right answer.

One of my kids, at college, re-installed his OEM XP Pro with a friend's
copy. It's at SP2. It's now flagging as probably pirated.

I've got a legal, FPP, in the box, original issue XP Pro (no SP), that
once ran on my machine but has not been used for more than a year. (I
demo'd the machine, MB to recylcing center, drives to USB externals to
backup data, RAM to desk drawer.)

Can I use my XP to make his legal? If so, will it wipe out his
existing files? If not, any other information I need?

Thanks very much.

Tim
 
If you have a genuine Product Key for the same version
of Windows XP as the non-genuine version. For example, if
you have a non-genuine version of Windows XP Professional
installed, and have a "genuine" Product Key for Windows XP
Professional, you can use the Windows Product Key Update
Tool to change the Product Key.

The Genuine Advantage Product Key Update Tool is only valid for
users attempting to change their current non-genuine Product Key
to a genuine Product Key - all without a reinstall!
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50346&clcid=0x409

However, if you have a "genuine" Product Key for Windows XP
Home Edition, and you have a non-genuine Windows XP Professional
installation, the Tool will not work....a "clean install" of XP Home
would be required.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP 2007
Windows - Shell/User

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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Tim wrote:

| Here's my situation; I hope someone (an MVP, maybe) can give me or
| direct me to the right answer.
|
| One of my kids, at college, re-installed his OEM XP Pro with a friend's
| copy. It's at SP2. It's now flagging as probably pirated.
|
| I've got a legal, FPP, in the box, original issue XP Pro (no SP), that
| once ran on my machine but has not been used for more than a year. (I
| demo'd the machine, MB to recylcing center, drives to USB externals to
| backup data, RAM to desk drawer.)
|
| Can I use my XP to make his legal? If so, will it wipe out his
| existing files? If not, any other information I need?
|
| Thanks very much.
|
| Tim
 
Here's my situation; I hope someone (an MVP, maybe) can give me or
direct me to the right answer.

One of my kids, at college, re-installed his OEM XP Pro with a friend's
copy. It's at SP2. It's now flagging as probably pirated.

I've got a legal, FPP, in the box, original issue XP Pro (no SP), that
once ran on my machine but has not been used for more than a year. (I
demo'd the machine, MB to recylcing center, drives to USB externals to
backup data, RAM to desk drawer.)

Can I use my XP to make his legal? If so, will it wipe out his
existing files? If not, any other information I need?

Thanks very much.

Tim
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Your kid lost his copy? As his computer is at SP2, your copy can't do a
proper repair install so it looks like you'll have to back up the data
and do a clean install or slipstream SP2 into your copy and do a repair
install. As you have a retail version of XP and it is not being used on
any machine, it's perfectly legal to do it and it would activate on line.

Alias
 
Outstanding. This seems to be exactly the situation, It's Pro to Pro
and I have a "genuine" Product Key. I'll give it a shot. Thank you
very much, Carey. (I have another Pro for which I haven't even opened
the box but I'm kind of wanting to hold on to that one in case I need
it for myself. I'll do a lot for the kid but there are limits. <g>
 
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