Hey guys,
My mates work is offering their employees oem copies of XP 64bit for £15 (iirc) as part of a monthly MS promotion.
Seeing as though I don't really want to upgrade to Vista 64 yet on my main machine, I thought XP 64 would be quite a good short-term compromise (and for only £15!)? I’m currently using XP Pro, but I quite like the idea of the extra performance increase and the full utilisation of my 4GB of ram
Anyway, back to my reason for posting, although the oem CD's have the usual sleeves/key etc, my mate says that the installation he did on a machine required no activation or wga confirmation or anything (in comparison to Home/Pro) which made me a bit a suspicious of their authenticity?
I thought nearly all MS products had to be verified upon installation, or a least on connection to the internet or installing updates etc. I know there are exceptions: I understand that educational/student versions of some MS software don't need any keys even when you're installing them, but I would have thought that XP 64 would require activation etc?
Do you think it’s still safe to buy a copy? I know its only £15, but I'd hate to end up buying a dodgy bit of software… They seem to look and feel genuine and my mates not had any problems with his?
SW.
My mates work is offering their employees oem copies of XP 64bit for £15 (iirc) as part of a monthly MS promotion.
Seeing as though I don't really want to upgrade to Vista 64 yet on my main machine, I thought XP 64 would be quite a good short-term compromise (and for only £15!)? I’m currently using XP Pro, but I quite like the idea of the extra performance increase and the full utilisation of my 4GB of ram
Anyway, back to my reason for posting, although the oem CD's have the usual sleeves/key etc, my mate says that the installation he did on a machine required no activation or wga confirmation or anything (in comparison to Home/Pro) which made me a bit a suspicious of their authenticity?
I thought nearly all MS products had to be verified upon installation, or a least on connection to the internet or installing updates etc. I know there are exceptions: I understand that educational/student versions of some MS software don't need any keys even when you're installing them, but I would have thought that XP 64 would require activation etc?
Do you think it’s still safe to buy a copy? I know its only £15, but I'd hate to end up buying a dodgy bit of software… They seem to look and feel genuine and my mates not had any problems with his?
SW.
