shanenin Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 (edited) I have this pc I am working on. It has an activated copy of xp professional. It has been upgraded from windows millenium, it still has a fat file system. Is their any way to tell if this was upgraded using a full retail version of xp, or an upgrade verison of xp pro?I want to do a reinstall with the current key, but am not sure what xp professional disc I need to use, either full or upgrade? Edited January 11, 2006 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 You might find what your looking for here.Upgrade or freash installOOOOpps wrong link....OK now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 thanks for the link, I will have to read thru it later. Thier looks like lots of good info :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 You might find what your looking for here.Upgrade or freash installI have been looking for a little while, I have not found it yet. Is that bit of info in their somewhere :-)I just purchased(still unopened) a $200 upgrade version. I would hate to open it and find out that that disk will not work with the key on this computer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 I googled the first five characters of the key, "FCKGW". It turns out it is an illegal key used for corperate editions. It says corperate editions do not need to be activated, but this computer says it has been activated. Why does it say it has been activated? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 I would not reuse the Corporate key. Use the key that came with the upgrade disk. If you try to use the Corporate key again you may not be able to download the updates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 I won't reuse the key, becuase it feels like I am helping him break the law. Their is a millenium COA on it. I will give hime the option of installing millenium edition , or spend and additional 100 for xp home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 he splurged and wanted to pay for xp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DumbTerminal Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 he splurged and wanted to pay for xp.I see you mentioned XP Pro in the subject, and XP "Home" in your last post.Urge this person to stick with Pro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 an oem version of pro is an extra fifty dollars. Most people will never even use the few extra goodys pro has. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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