Re: Windows XP activation

MattSamyel wrote:
Your sticker is a Windows XP Professional OEM sticker. You will need an OEM copy of Windows XP Pro. Also if he sold you that license without a computer (or any hardware for that matter) then he broke OEM rules doing that. The OEM stickers should always be supplied with a CD.

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As i wrote, i got PC.

I got PC and COA tag. Computer's harddisk was unformated(so blank) and i got no CD with COA tag.
Normally they go together. A PC + COA Tag + OEM CD's to reload. Along with Drivers for the hardware.

If its a OEM Tag as Robert says, then only the OEM Software is legit. Go by XP and get a CD Key to go with it. And you'll need drivers for hardware unsupported by XP. This is another issue without any CD's.

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