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Usfgeek
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_ 		4. April 2007 @ 12:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey, is there a way to reinstall windows with the same key on the same machine numerous times without the key becoming void? I ask this because i've done this before and had to purchase a new key altogether *Stupid Windows...
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nownthen
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_ 		4. April 2007 @ 20:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Normally in the event that you have to reinstall windows you do not need a new serial.
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Auslander
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_ 		4. April 2007 @ 20:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
with XP, i think you get 6 installs off one key. then you have to call MS and bitch and moan until they give you a key good for one install. i had to deal with this just this past fall.

then i found XP SP2 for sale at a college for $30 and snatched that. hello new key!
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shiloh72
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_ 		4. April 2007 @ 21:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what i want to know is can you run any key from any windows xp pro to another windows xp pro?
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NicHt
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_ 		5. April 2007 @ 08:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, Do you care about the Legality ;)
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Morph416
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_ 		5. April 2007 @ 08:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by shiloh72:
what i want to know is can you run any key from any windows xp pro to another windows xp pro?

Nope. There's four different versions of XP (not Home vs Pro)...:

Upgrade,
OEM,
Retail, and
Corporate.

A new key, if you need one....isn't that expensive.
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