Doing installs, WGA ok?

[Curt]

Hi. I have received my copy of the
XP home that I ordered. I won't get my
hard drive until next week.

Thing is, I am studying for my MCTS 70-620,
installing and upgrading Vista. Well, I figure that
if I am going to be able to support that in the future,
that I should do it, like the book says.

I also need to have a good copy of XP for work.
I have another box with XP on it, but the fan for the CPU
has hard failed, and I need to replace it. Don't want to burn up
my back up machine.

I have heard that the WGA system is down. Will this affect
my abilities to properly install XP, or is it a Vista only
issue?

One good side effect of all of this is that when I do the
dual boot dual drive system, it'll be installed as
Microsoft has specified is best, and shouldn't cause any issues,
like restore points.

I might be out of here for a couple days until I get
things straight. Started a new job today, and am on
a perm schedule starting next week.

Wish me (c)luck.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

WGA is not down. Who told you that foolish nonsense?

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Hi. I have received my copy of the
XP home that I ordered. I won't get my
hard drive until next week.

Thing is, I am studying for my MCTS 70-620,
installing and upgrading Vista. Well, I figure that
if I am going to be able to support that in the future,
that I should do it, like the book says.

I also need to have a good copy of XP for work.
I have another box with XP on it, but the fan for the CPU
has hard failed, and I need to replace it. Don't want to burn up
my back up machine.

I have heard that the WGA system is down. Will this affect
my abilities to properly install XP, or is it a Vista only
issue?

One good side effect of all of this is that when I do the
dual boot dual drive system, it'll be installed as
Microsoft has specified is best, and shouldn't cause any issues,
like restore points.

I might be out of here for a couple days until I get
things straight. Started a new job today, and am on
a perm schedule starting next week.

Wish me (c)luck.

 

[Stretch]

Read it here somewhere. Thanx for letting me know.

Curt

 

[Alias]

Hi. I have received my copy of the XP home that I ordered. I won't get my
hard drive until next week.
Thing is, I am studying for my MCTS 70-620,
installing and upgrading Vista. Well, I figure that
if I am going to be able to support that in the future,
that I should do it, like the book says.

I also need to have a good copy of XP for work.
I have another box with XP on it, but the fan for the CPU
has hard failed, and I need to replace it. Don't want to burn up
my back up machine.
I have heard that the WGA system is down. Will this affect
my abilities to properly install XP, or is it a Vista only issue?
One good side effect of all of this is that when I do the
dual boot dual drive system, it'll be installed as Microsoft has
specified is best, and shouldn't cause any issues,
like restore points.
I might be out of here for a couple days until I get things straight.
Started a new job today, and am on
a perm schedule starting next week.
Wish me (c)luck.

I never found WGA to be necessary for an installation of XP.

WPA, yes, WGA, no.

Alias

 

[Curt]

Well, installed XP, and performance is good, but
screens, etc, are blech.

Comparing performce to XP in my old pc, well,
it's phenominal. But is on a par with Vista.

Vista is a much nicer environment. OE
bites.

Looking foreward to doing my own clean Vista
install. I think performance will improve somewhat
now that I understand it a little better, and know what
and what not to do. I'll let you know how
it goes.

Curt

Read it here somewhere. Thanx for letting me know.

Curt

 

[Curt]

Unless you want to update anything. Anyways, it's working.

Curt

 

[Alias]

Unless you want to update anything. Anyways, it's working.

Curt

My installs of XP are completely up-to-date through Auto Updates. I
don't have IE7, WMP11 or Defenseless but who in hell would want to put
that crap on a computer?

Alias