Re: Need New CD
From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 12/11/04
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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:24:28 -0800
That's correct and under such circumstances I agree. My OP and I know you
weren't responding to me, Ken, was based on the wide variety of such CDs and
installations but I probably should have been more specific. Nonetheless,
the suggestion to which I was responding was overly broad and should have
made the points you made in your post.
-- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:%233HWmk63EHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > In news:eRzKR6x3EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl, > Pop <nobody@spamcop.net> typed: > >> Good suggestion: Then, after he's activated it, your "friend" >> won't be able to get HIS system to ever be recognized again by >> the MS Update, etc. features. Go for it! It'll only run on one >> machine, so if your friend feels generous, go for it! > > > Sorry, that's not at all correct. Sure is looking only for installation > media. A copy of his friend's installation CD is fine, and it is *not* > true that it will run on only one machine. The CD itself is not unique; > it's the Product Key, needed for activation, that is. > > As long as his friend's CD is the same type (Retail vs Generic OEM and > Full vs Upgrade) and Sure uses his own Product Key, not his friend's, this > suggestion *is* a good one. > > -- > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > Please reply to the newsgroup > > >> "DUH" <nospam@BAM.com> wrote in message >> news:QKqud.151864$6w6.108295@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... >>| Find a friend with XP Pro and have them burn you a copy. >>| >>| <Sure@is.bad> wrote in message >>| news:413kr0prtboudlrbionmv6b4qevqd0tol8@4ax.com... >>| My XP PRO CD will not install XP now - it gives several read errors. >>| >>| What is easiest way to get a new copy? Download? Phone MSoft? >>| Anyone have an 800 #? >>| >>| TX > >
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