Re: Spanish XP on HP

jel183(UK) wrote:

I have a HP PC with a Spanish OEM edition of XP HOME pre installed. I also have the generic HP OEM XP HOME installation discs (English version) for a similar HP machine. Can I install the English version on the Spanish PC and use the XP Product Key that is on the side of the spanish machine? The end result that the machine has a english version and not a spanish version installed. I am aware of all the rules about 1x XP = 1x PC only etc. The resulting version would have the original product key specific to that machine and not used elsewhere...? What I am really asking is - is the HP OEM XP Product Key language specific?


It's BIOS specific. The only thing you can do is clean install a retail or generic OEM copy on it, although you never know so try it and see what happens :-) Try the product key for the Spanish version. If that doesn't work, try the product key for the English version. I would bet that, if it works, the English version product key will be the winner.

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