Re: Updating Non-Genuine with Retail winXP Pro

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Shenan Stanley wrote:
samsquaredeal@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a computer with the XP Pro Volume Licensing. A while ago
Microsft told me to purchase a copy of the Full retail XP Pro SP2
and It would make it a legit copy. I have been hesitate to install
it, but I guess its time. When I put the retail disk in Windows it
can be "upgraded". When I started from the booting from a cd rom
it can be "repaired". Is either way ok? I would still like a
safer method. Does Microsoft have a tool that could be used to
enter the new key and change it to the retail pro version without
basically reinstalling, repairing or upgrading. Just afraid to
lose data. If anyone can help I would appreciate it. Just
curious, are their any other versions of XP Pro that can do this
sort of legal update? Can earler versions of retail XP Pro (such
as SP-1 or 1a) be used? Can Retail Upgrade XP Pro do the same
thing, etc.?

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

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I'm sorry but is this the wrong place to post a question like this? I
figured it was a support type issue. I thank you for the first two
links but they again gave me a feeling something could go wrong.
Pehaps from your last link you missunderstood me. I am not looking for
any hack. I am looking to take a purchased legitimate copy of Retail
Windows XP Pro to upgrade a non-genuine Volume License as advided by
Microsoft. When I last went to the update page one of the options was
to purchase a valid key from Microsoft and it could be installed with
some type of tool provided by microsoft. This seemed far less
intrusive then an upgrade or repair. Can I obtain this tool to install
my legal valid copy of Retail Windows XP Pro? Thanks

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