XP Home Serial Key

J.B

J.B

J.B

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I have been given an eMachine 190 that wasnt working, fixed it but thats another story. Its has a COA for XP Home. Am I right in thinking that if I have a copy of XP Home I can use that serial key?
Any help or advice would be great
 
I had a feeling ou'd know Burnsy!

And if I borrowed a friends OEM copy of home it would still work and be legal?
 
err, no it doesn't , aslong as its oem, and the pc has the correct hardware it came with then using the Key on the case is totally legal, - also the key in the recovery disk won't be the key for the machine so technically using the recovery disk is breaking the oem licenceing agreement.
 
BigJon said:
err, no it doesn't , aslong as its oem, and the pc has the correct hardware it came with then using the Key on the case is totally legal, - also the key in the recovery disk won't be the key for the machine so technically using the recovery disk is breaking the oem licenceing agreement.
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Better tell all the pc retailers then
 
My understanding of it was that you pay for the license to use that software. I would use the recovery disk but it seems to be damaged beyond repair
 
You should be fine, you might have to ring to activate but you should be fine - also I hope its had a ram upgrade, XP on 256Mb is not fun.
 
BigJon said:
You should be fine, you might have to ring to activate but you should be fine - also I hope its had a ram upgrade, XP on 256Mb is not fun.
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XP on 256 is perfectly functional, although more is always better.

Burnsy
 
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