Re: Validation for Windows Update

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billurie@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
I am uncertain why.
Before you purchase a replacement, verify with the link in my last post that it is in fact illegitimate


Thanks for the good advice and the link to Validation Assistant.
I note that it requires installation of a a Microsoft Advantage
Tool which I am afraid to install. I'd be concerned about
what the investigation might do to my system, which functions
perfectly, with the exception that I'm unable to do Windows
Update. which has worked fine, on this possibly illegal system,
right up until very recently.

I'm not about to purchase a replacement, for any number
of reasons. I'll just plod along, waiting for the OS revolution
which appears to be looming on the horizon.

I had another thought that perhaps one of you MVPs can help
me with. I have no objection to becoming legitimate; as a matter
of fact, I own a perfectly valid OEM XP (Home Edition) which
has been resting on the shelf since I was given this Pro
Edition. I'd be willing to drop back to Home Edition but I
shudder at the thought of trying to transfer everything I need
from the Pro hard drive to the Home drive. Files are easy
enough to move, but all of the programs/applications I'm not
about to reinstall. Any reasonable way to accomplish it? I
have no problem with running one a master and one as slave
in the same machine.

--
William B. Lurie
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