[Ham-Computers] windows copies

[WØQFC]

GM Jim

Jerry, WA2KDB is a friend of mine and I told him to post the message as I 
was unable to answer his question(s).

I have a similar situation: My Dell Demission 3000 had a illegal copy of XP 
PRO installed and I got dinged by Microsoft GA validity check, so I 
purchased a "legal" version from MS.

My question is: Can I remove the legal copy, save it ( have the correct 
installation key)and use a Dell XP installation disk on this machine?
>From what you say, the Dell disks are not machine specific; does the Dell 
installation disk have the installation key "built in"?

If I can do this, I could free up the 'legal copy' for use on another 
machine. . .

Sorry to be a bother, but I did not want to go through all this if the Dell 
disk would not work.

Thanks es
73

Gene, WØQFC

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