License identification

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Hi, guys!
One question regarding licensing - in our office we have a
mess: some time ago we bought PCs with pre-installed WinXP
professional and supplier provided us with a WinXP CDs.

Now we need to exchange licenses with another office (they
give us one Win2000 and we give them one WinXP). BUT! we
are unable to identify which disk belongs to which PC.
Are there any ideas of how to do it?
 
The CD's are probably all the same, so it is all about that little paper,
which is called the license. So just pick any CD. Unless it are OEM CD's,
then the CD is tied to your computer...
 
Legga said:
Hi, guys!
One question regarding licensing - in our office we have a
mess: some time ago we bought PCs with pre-installed WinXP
professional and supplier provided us with a WinXP CDs.

Now we need to exchange licenses with another office (they
give us one Win2000 and we give them one WinXP). BUT! we
are unable to identify which disk belongs to which PC.
Are there any ideas of how to do it?
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You can find the CD key from the links below, but only if the computers were
upgraded to XP or XP was restored or reinstalled since the original shipped
install of XP.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm
AIDA32 from http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php to find the Product Key.
Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.html
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Legga said:
One question regarding licensing - in our office we have a
mess: some time ago we bought PCs with pre-installed WinXP
professional and supplier provided us with a WinXP CDs.

Now we need to exchange licenses with another office (they
give us one Win2000 and we give them one WinXP). BUT! we
are unable to identify which disk belongs to which PC.
Click to expand...

Disks of the same general type are all the same - what matters is the
Product Key, which on a preinstalled Windows will have been put on a
label stuck to the case.

BUT - such an OEM installation is licensed solely to the machine on
which it was first installed, and may not under the license be
transferred to any other. You may *not* exchange licenses with the
other offices - unless you exchange physical machines, along with
software and license
 
I think their is one loop hole Alex,
The company sent the wrong software.
If get a oem of windows xp and were supposed to get windows 2000 oem.
I don't think Microsoft would have a gripe with that. However, when
that company resells the Oem copy. They Need to notify Ms of thier
mistake so Microsoft can reset the oem key unless they wait 120 days.


Greg P Rozelle
 
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