Re: Is it legal?

Legal, or not, you need a volume license key to run a volume license copy of
Windows XP. Another key will not suffice.


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Alvyn" <Alvyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I apologised for not stating everything clearly in my first post.

To put it directly, I only want to know whether it is illegal to use any
other type of CD, be it Volume License, Retail or OEM CDs to install on
another PC but after installation use the Product Key Update Tools to
change
the product key back to its original product key that comes with the
system
and get it activated.

At the end of the day, the PC is still tied to its own original product
key.

Thanks


"Richard Urban" wrote:

You MUST use the exact same media CD. You can not substitute one for
another.

If you have two Dell computers, exactly the same - purchased at the same
time with the same hardware, you could do as you say.

Please stop throwing additional information into the equation. State
everything completely during the first post.

Thank you!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Alvyn" <Alvyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dear Mr Richard Urban

Thanks for your reply.

However, if let say I am using a Volume License CD instead to install
onto
PC A then use the Product Key Update tool to update it to use the OEM
product
key and get it activated, is this consider illegal? Presume that I can
get
everything successfully process.
Similarly, at the end of the day, the product key of PC A is still
xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-1234,
which is the OEM product key originally for PC A.

Thanks

Alvyn
"Richard Urban" wrote:

Sounds good to me.

As long as the install key matches the media, and you have two
separate
keys, you are OK.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Alvyn" <Alvyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can anyone advise.

I am confused here.
I have 2 PCs using Windows XP Pro OEM Version.
Eg : PC A Product Key is xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-1234.
PC B Product Key is xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-5678.

I just want to know whether the procedure I am using is legal.

If PC A crashes and I do not have the CD for PC A. I use PC B CD to
install
on PC A. NOTE : Thereafter, I use the Product Key Update tool to
update
PC
A
to its original product key which is xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-1234 then
activate
it
via phone.

At the end of the day, everything is successful and that PC A is
using
the
product key xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-1234. Is this legal or consider illegal?

Thanks


Alvyn








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