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Windows XP Home.

  • 09-04-2008 11:19am
    #1
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭


    Ok, I have a no name machine which has a genuine Windows XP Home key but I don't have the original windows that came with it.

    I do have a Dell XP Home disc from an old Dell machine.

    Can I use this disc with the key from the no name PC to install XP Home on the no name PC?

    -

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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  • #2
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    gadgetman496 wrote: »
    Ok, I have a no name machine which has a genuine Windows XP Home key but I don't have the original windows that came with it.

    I do have a Dell XP Home disc from an old Dell machine.

    Can I use this disc with the key from the no name PC to install XP Home on the no name PC?

    -

    Yes you can as long as the genuine cd key you have is for the same version of XP that's on the Dell CD (ie. OEM version & not Retail).

    The Dell Cd won't ask for a product key when installing and it will fail activation. When it fails it will give you an option to enter a different product key (this is where you enter your own key) and then should activate normally. If by chance it doesn't, you can ring the free phone number in the activation to do it manually.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Dell and other branded OEM CD's check against BIOS of the motherboard and so it probably won't install on clone motherboards of other brands.


  • #4
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Dell and other branded OEM CD's check against BIOS of the motherboard and so it probably won't install on clone motherboards of other brands.

    It will install fine. I've got Dell (and a couple of HP) OEM copies of all the different windows versions and use them all the time on different machines. As I type there's a Dell version of XP Home installing on a 4 year old Toshiba Satelite laptop.:)
    It only checks the BIOS for a product key, thats all.

    The branded recovery discs are another story though.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    which colour Dell XP CD is that , I tried PRO a while back and it just gave two fingers to a sony :(


  • #6
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Purple for XPH SP2, XPH SP1a is brown, XPP SP2 is green and XPMCE is red.

    All work fine (bar activation) for me on other brands. Did a Sony not too long ago with a Dell XPH, weird.
    Where during the install did it fail?


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    On boot up :(
    some crappy message about it not being a Dell and exiting setup


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