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    About original disc windows XP

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by limousine, Mar 8, 2010.

  1. limousine

    limousine Newbie

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    i heard the original disc of win XP only 3 time of usage... so people can format computer only 3 times with the CD? is it true? FACT or FACK?
     
    limousine, Mar 8, 2010
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  2. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    er, what? so where did you hear that?
    an original official windows xp cd is just a cd. it can be read many hundreds of times. what was the question????
     
    gazzacbr, Mar 8, 2010
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    SickSilvo Notebook Enthusiast

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    if you are refering to windows activation key that comes with your win xp, yes it has a limited numbers of activations.
     
    SickSilvo, Mar 8, 2010
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    marvelousmarvyd Notebook Guru

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    I have the original XP disk for my dell, gateway, and hp, never once was I asked for the activation key and I have completely modified all 3 computers and reinstalled the os numerous times. The disk that I have for my gateway and dell are xp media center, the hp is xp pro
     
    marvelousmarvyd, Mar 8, 2010
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