Thread: Lesson learned: don't tell the truth!

Originally Posted by jockeys

if you buy a used computer and there is a copy of windows on it, it is NOT a legal copy.

MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION (RETAIL) END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE

The initial user of the Software may make a one-time permanent transfer of this EULA and Software to another end user

Of course that's no help if you weren't given the activation code.

Having gotten used to Linux I would be really bummed out if I had to use windows. I have a dual boot at home so I can go into XP for certain things but K-Ubuntu at home and Mint at work are just so much better IME.

Originally Posted by Rajagra

MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION (RETAIL) END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE


Of course that's no help if you weren't given the activation code.

never used the home edition, only the pro edition, which is nontransferable. thanks for the heads up.

i appreciate all the posts and the clarifications on what the moderator had to do. i can definitely appreciate the situation that he/she was in, i guess i was just really put off by being left hanging with a problem i couldn't fix.

so is there any way to buy a key code for XP to validate a copy? i can't find a place to buy XP pro anymore as everything seems to be vista, so could i just find a copy and get a valid key? it would make sense for them to do this but i know that they are much more likely to promote Vista then let people keep going on with XP.

i think i got myself fixed up though. i did a reinstall of windows without formatting. so i can now access the files i need still but i have a working copy of windows. the only problem is that my receipt printer won't work now.

this pirate has some figuring to do

Well the correct way would be buying a copy of Vista and get a downgrade permit from Microsoft (Since your company has a network that runs on XP only ).
The more practical way is to leave everything as it is.

Actually they are very lenient on letting you use it again and again. At least I've had no problems getting my licenses unlocked from its hardware.

You can get a copy from fry ' s electronics at frys . com for 200 bucks. Home or Pro with sp2.

Originally Posted by chee16

i appreciate all the posts and the clarifications on what the moderator had to do. i can definitely appreciate the situation that he/she was in, i guess i was just really put off by being left hanging with a problem i couldn't fix.

so is there any way to buy a key code for XP to validate a copy? i can't find a place to buy XP pro anymore as everything seems to be vista, so could i just find a copy and get a valid key? it would make sense for them to do this but i know that they are much more likely to promote Vista then let people keep going on with XP.

i think i got myself fixed up though. i did a reinstall of windows without formatting. so i can now access the files i need still but i have a working copy of windows. the only problem is that my receipt printer won't work now.

this pirate has some figuring to do

You can prolly buy one, but it would likely cost you the same price as a cd.

I think your best option would just be to burn your copy of xp (make sure its a bootable image and test to make sure the cd boots right), copy all the files you need off your hard disk and do a full reinstall. After a problem like you've had windows really can't be trusted to work right, it will continually have odd, annoying problems like you're experiencing now.

Oh, make sure you make a list of all your hardware. I reinstalled recently with a newer version of xp and it didn't recognize some of my computers hardware that it had previously recognized.