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We are a not-forprofit organization and work on donated computers. We had a
crash that required us to reinstall the operating system. Unfortunately, we
had not receive the operating system CD with the donated computer.
When the crash happened, we were under a severe time constraint and so used
another WINDOWS XP CD that had come with another computer. Now we cannot
activate the operating system on the computer that had crashed. I realize we
must purchase a new copy of Windows XP in order to do the activation, and we
are fine with that.
But unfortunately, we have already spent considerable time installing and
configuring software on that computer. Is there a way to somehow use the
product key from the new license we will purchase to activate the exisitng
installation? We realize and accept that that new XP CD would then be
permanently linked to the computer in question.
Thanks for your help.
crash that required us to reinstall the operating system. Unfortunately, we
had not receive the operating system CD with the donated computer.
When the crash happened, we were under a severe time constraint and so used
another WINDOWS XP CD that had come with another computer. Now we cannot
activate the operating system on the computer that had crashed. I realize we
must purchase a new copy of Windows XP in order to do the activation, and we
are fine with that.
But unfortunately, we have already spent considerable time installing and
configuring software on that computer. Is there a way to somehow use the
product key from the new license we will purchase to activate the exisitng
installation? We realize and accept that that new XP CD would then be
permanently linked to the computer in question.
Thanks for your help.