XP Licenses and CD Images

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Hi all,

Over the last 5 years I've accumulated a number of defunct XP PCs - mainly
notebooks. I have at least 10 or 12 VALID Xp licenses in a mix of Home and
Pro from various sources. Although I have a Windows XP Pro and Windows XP
Home CD, these are quite old and do not seem to match the licenses I have.

I've tried on a number of occasions to use these license keys in clean
Windows XP installs (to stay legal) but always end up with the install
telling me that the license is not valid for that version.

My question is:
Is there any way of telling which version a license number is for?
Is there anyway of getting a valid CD image for the identified version or is
there a way of forcing XP to accept the keys. I don't mind going through the
Microsoft phone based authentication procedure AFTER I've installed the XP
version.

Please bear in mind the fact that I wish to stay legal on this.

Thanks

Mike


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