Microsoft and Compaq (any hardware vendor) have an agreement the OS is licensed for that specific hardware and no other. Sam. Randy Clarksean wrote: > > A client has a Compaq computer that originally had XP Home installed > on it. It crashed and there were not any recovery disks, etc. .. so I > put a brand new version of XP Pro on it at the time because that was > the fastest solution to get it back on line. > > So ... he has the license key (Product key) attached to the side of > the machine for XP Home. He has a new machine with no OS ... I get a > copy of XP Home from a buddy ... go to install it and it tells me the > key is not valid. > > Questions: Any one else ever have this problem? Is there an OEM > Version of XP Home or something that needs to be used rather than the > standard XP Home? > > He has the legit license key - not being used .. I was hoping there > was some way he could use it. > > Randy > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list