Re: Windows XP re-install - Parallels Desktop

From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:12:33 -0500

Mike M. wrote:

I presently have Windows XP SP2 installed on a MacBook Pro using
Apple's BootCamp. I would like to delete the WinXP partition I've
created, install Parallels Desktop and re-install the same copy of
Windows XP SP2 using Parallels. How do I go about cancelling the
XP authorization on the machine so that I can legally reinstall in
under Parallels and re-activate the same copy of Windows XP?

You don't.
You just install again and activate it again when you get the opportunity.
If you cannot activate over the Internet - do it by phone.

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