Install XP pro x32 with X64 key

[Guest]

I need to reinstall XP pro x32, but I only have a x64 license key. Is this
possible?

 

[Marian Gutu]

Do not install Win 64 on 32bit platforms. Period.
What you can do is a downgrade. Call MS suport center for futher info.
from EULA
"If you acquire PCs licensed for Windows XP Professional, then you are
licensed to use identified previous versions of Windows Operating System
Product(s) in lieu of Windows XP Professional (Microsoft® Windows® 2000
Professional, Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 or Microsoft® Windows® 98 (Second
Edition)."

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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No. You need a Product Key for a 32-bit version of Windows XP.

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| I need to reinstall XP pro x32, but I only have a x64 license key. Is this
| possible?

 

[Guest]

I should be able to do this since I have a license to run Windows XP
professional. What license provision would I be violatng?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You have a license for the 64-bit version, not the 32-bit version.
The 32-bit version Windows XP CD will not accept a 64-bit version
Product key.

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| I should be able to do this since I have a license to run Windows XP
| professional. What license provision would I be violatng?

 

[Guest]

Then how do I aquire a 32bit key?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit a store that sells computer software and purchase a "Full Version"
of Windows XP Professional that comes in a sealed, pretty blue box.

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"scottpt" wrote:

| Then how do I aquire a 32bit key?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I need to reinstall XP pro x32, but I only have a x64 license key. Is this
possible?

No, you have to use the correct Product Key for the specific type
of license you own.

Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language of
CD/license (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are
purchased. For example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for any
retail version of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and vice
versa. An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with a full version CD,
and vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to install a retail
product. An Italian Product Key will not work with an English CD.
Bottom line: Product Keys and CD types cannot be mixed & matched.


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[Bruce Chambers]

Do not install Win 64 on 32bit platforms. Period.

Why not? I mean, other that the fact that it would be impossible to do
so? Not to mention that the admonition has nothin to do with the OP's
question.




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[Guest]

Yet another reason why this suxs

No, you have to use the correct Product Key for the specific type
of license you own.

Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language of
CD/license (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are
purchased. For example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for any
retail version of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and vice
versa. An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with a full version CD,
and vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to install a retail
product. An Italian Product Key will not work with an English CD.
Bottom line: Product Keys and CD types cannot be mixed & matched.


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Bruce Chambers

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrum Russell

 

[Hotline]

Go Linux~

Yet another reason why this suxs