buying windows xp pro

[Cloud Strife]

I got 2 copies of XP Pro from my school for free.

 

[Pepsi90919]

windows vista RC1 is out today

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: preslove
Get an unbranded xp home cd from someone you know and use the license that came with your laptop.

has anyone tried this? if memory serves me right, a lot of people on AT has told me that it wouldn't work. i just cant find that thread anymore.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Ask a college student if you know one, XP Pro CDs are $10 a pop at my school's bookstore.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: 3cho

Originally posted by: preslove
Get an unbranded xp home cd from someone you know and use the license that came with your laptop.

has anyone tried this? if memory serves me right, a lot of people on AT has told me that it wouldn't work. i just cant find that thread anymore.

Just make sure its the same service pack that came with your laptop. If it came with service pack 2, make sure it is an unbranded copy of service pack 2 Home. By unbranded I mean not a copy that came with a dell or hp and says "dell OS cd"(or somthing like that). It should work fine.

 

[intogamer]

You can call fujistu and have them send a CD

I've done that with dell.

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: intogamer
You can call fujistu and have them send a CD

I've done that with dell.

they wouldn only send a restore cd which i already have. and it has all that crap on it.

hey intogamer, didnt you say before that using any copy of xp cd with the key from the bottom of the laptop wouldnt work?

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: 3cho

Originally posted by: intogamer
You can call fujistu and have them send a CD

I've done that with dell.

they wouldn only send a restore cd which i already have. and it has all that crap on it.

hey intogamer, didnt you say before that using any copy of xp cd with the key from the bottom of the laptop wouldnt work?

I never said that. But you would have to find the correct CD. Not just any windows Xp home cd will work.

Does the restore CD include windows xp?

Maybe you can reburn it and delete all the other crap. Only save the window xp files.

For dell they give you multiple Cds

 

[BriGy86]

i know HP and compaq computers come with a partition that's about 1 gig in size, you can install any OS you want but it wont work unless you get rid of this certain partition.

 

[Squisher]

College book stores or find someone on the faculty at a college. A friend that teaches at a college got me a copy of XP Pro for $50.

 

[TG2]

The CDkey on the bottom of your laptop will work with the same version of XP Home CD (probably OEM version)

Internet activation probably WONT work, so youd have to call it to get activated, but of course youll still need the drivers for all the devices (modem, lan, wireless, video, chipset, etc)
Did you find a CD yet ?

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: TG2
The CDkey on the bottom of your laptop will work with the same version of XP Home CD (probably OEM version)

Internet activation probably WONT work, so youd have to call it to get activated, but of course youll still need the drivers for all the devices (modem, lan, wireless, video, chipset, etc)
Did you find a CD yet ?

nope. i accidentally removed the video driver and couldnt reinstall it through the driver cd that came with the laptop. so i ended up just reloading a ghost image. blah, this is my first time owning a laptop. didnt know its so complicated.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: Motek
I want a XP Home CD too.
I own a legal CD key that came with my computer, but I don't have a Windows Home OEM CD.
How can I get the CD?
Can I order one from Microsoft or something?
None of my friends seem to have it

*cough* Internets

*cough* - Vacation time for piracy?

Mod

It's not piracy if you already legally own a license, is it?

 

[JBT]

Getting Win XP pro is not going to help your situation.... Most laptop video cards are not set up to take ATI or Nvidia drivers... Check out rage3d forums as they ussually have a way to hack ATI drivers.

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: JBT
Getting Win XP pro is not going to help your situation.... Most laptop video cards are not set up to take ATI or Nvidia drivers... Check out rage3d forums as they ussually have a way to hack ATI drivers.

i got something like that, and it totally messed me up.

 

[Motek]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: Motek
I want a XP Home CD too.
I own a legal CD key that came with my computer, but I don't have a Windows Home OEM CD.
How can I get the CD?
Can I order one from Microsoft or something?
None of my friends seem to have it

*cough* Internets

*cough* - Vacation time for piracy?

Mod

WT* Why?

Oh and yes I got hold of a Windows XP Home RETAIL CD, but the key on my computer label didn't work with it.
I need an OEM.