I have the license sticker on the PC, which CD should I use?

[Gianni]

An _OLD_ Fujitsu Siemens PC in my office has two licenses sticked on it.
One is a windows 2000 Professional OEM which is actually installed.
The other is an XP-Professional; apparently a Retail one. (there are no OEM
markings on the sticker).
The sticker is different than any other on the microsoft "how to tell" site,
but I think it is genuine.

The code on the sticker (VFGQ3-BC9PC-TPFQP-TPKTX-4J4W6) won't work with any
media I tried.
The original media is lost and Fujitsu won't replace it anymore.

Can you tell me which media do I need ad if I can get it from Microsoft EMEA?
Can you also tell me if this code will allow the upgrade of win2000 or if I
neeed to reinstall from scratch?


Thank you very much
Gianni

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

An _OLD_ Fujitsu Siemens PC in my office has two licenses sticked on it.
One is a windows 2000 Professional OEM which is actually installed.
The other is an XP-Professional; apparently a Retail one. (there are no
OEM
markings on the sticker).
The sticker is different than any other on the microsoft "how to tell"
site,
but I think it is genuine.

The original media is lost and Fujitsu won't replace it anymore.

Can you tell me which media do I need ad if I can get it from Microsoft
EMEA?
Can you also tell me if this code will allow the upgrade of win2000 or if
I
neeed to reinstall from scratch?


Thank you very much
Gianni

Highly unlikely that it will be a retail sticker as the retail sticker is
usually firmly attached to the packaging wherein the CD was contained..

Another tip.. Please don't put your key code out for ALL to see..


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