Re: "Hybrid" install of XP
- From: Sybr <sybrdude@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:33:15 -0800 (PST)
On Dec 12, 12:33 am, Ben Myers <ben_my...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Christopher Muto wrote:
Ben Myers wrote:
Sybr wrote:
I did a test install of XP Home with these parameters:
PC: Gateway Thrasher (about 6 years old)
XP Install CD: from a Dell Dimension 4550
XP Activation Key: from a Dell Inspiron Laptop
The install worked, activation worked, and the Microsoft utility
MGADiag.exe shows validation as a Genuine copy.
So how is this possible? I thought OEM install CD's, and OEM stickers
with Activation Keys - are machine and brand specific. What gives?
I thought that the product keys were brand specific. In fact, they
are, because the vendor's name appears right there on the sticker.
What you have done implies that Microsoft does not check product keys
down to the last bit of detail, namely brand and model.
Absent a manufacturer-specific XP install CD, I use the Dell SP2 one
(Home or Pro to match the sticker), change the key with Keyfinder to
match the sticker, and never have a problem with product activation.
Saves a lot of time to do this, too. For example, Lenovo's laptops
have a four (or is it five?) CD set to run though, grinding away for
about an hour. With the Dell install CD plus a memory stick
containing the hardware drivers, I can get the system up and running
real fast and without any crapware... Ben Myers
no, what he has done is shown that dell oem product key can be used to
activate dell oem branded copy of windows installed on non dell
hardware. i have seen other oem product keys successfully activate with
various different brand oem copies of windows, but some oem branded
windows installation cds plainly refuse to install on other vendors
hardware. also oem product codes will not work with retail windows cds
and vice versa. and there are other circumstances regarding product key
incompatibility but it is all sort of academic because it implies non
intended uses.
"what he has done is shown that dell oem product key can be used to
activate dell oem branded copy of windows installed on non dell
hardware." Agreed... Ben- Hide quoted text -
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"what he has done is shown that dell oem product key can be used to
activate dell oem branded copy of windows installed on non dell
hardware."
Right. And I didn't think this was possible.
Maybe because XP is 8 years old - and two generations away from their
current home PC OS - Micro$oft just isn't that vigilant in checking
the fine details of an XP Activation?
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