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    xp license

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mludwig, May 21, 2005.

  1. mludwig

    mludwig Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    My laptop came with a preinstalled German XP Home. I want to "steal" an english copy of the OS and use it with the license from the back of the laptop. Would it work?
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    You would need an english copy of the restore disks.

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    You may want to contact Microosft. As long as you have a legal copy of XP, they may work with you if you can you hand on a copy of english XP Home.






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  4. mludwig

    mludwig Notebook Enthusiast

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Meaker
     
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    As long as you have a legitimate Microsoft COA label (Sticker stuck on underside of unit with Product Key), you should be able to run any language of the OS. If you have an XP Home license, then you should be able to run any version of XP Home as long as you can get the media. You can't install XP Pro with an XP Home license. So as long as you stick with the same OS type, I don't see a problem.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, May 26, 2005
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    This is a very big "Depends on question", first if your license is from Europe you can't use any north America version of XP (from what I remember). 2nd your lic cd-key is for the product that came with the laptop and is non transferable to any other system or language.

    All in all Microsoft knows how to make money. Call M$ like zazonz suggested. They maybe nice and let you pay a small fee or some crap. Why not just find a nice Linux distro and dump windows.

    Or you could always join Johnny Deep on a the black pearl, Arrr matey.

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    danbrow, May 26, 2005
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    mludwig Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you all who contributed to this post.

    I will get an XP Home copy and try it. I was thinking the some way Venombite does. I paid for an OEM XP Home, so it should work with any XP Home install CD, not just the recovery disks. Yes, I have the label and it looks genuine. The only problem is that it starts to wear off, due to regular laptop use. Should I make a photo of it? Or better remove it and keep it in the drawer?
     
    mludwig, May 27, 2005
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    Best thing is to take a photo of it. Removing the label could damage it and void the actual license. Make sure you zoom out and take a picture of the entire bottom of the unit (including your systems serial#) to prove it belongs to this unit.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, May 31, 2005
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