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Thread ID: 135206	2013-10-07 23:59:00	Windows XP evaluation to XP OEM possible?	Morgenmuffel (187)	Press F1

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1355387	2013-10-07 23:59:00	Ok finally got a harddrive for the elderly laptop, couldn't find the xp disk BUT found an old XP Pro evaluation disk, so i am installing that at present, IF I use my oem number (off the bottom of the lappie) with it, will it stop it expiring after the 180 days and function like a normal xp install? Thanks	Morgenmuffel (187)
1355388	2013-10-08 00:10:00	According to this you still need a release version of XP (support.microsoft.com) NOTE: to upgrade to the released version Windows XP, you must have the full version of the operating system and not the Windows XP upgrade-only version. The Windows XP upgrade-only versions look for qualifying products to upgrade. The beta or evaluation versions are not considered qualifying products. So, I would say no	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1355389	2013-10-08 00:14:00	Ok finally got a harddrive for the elderly laptop, couldn't find the xp disk BUT found an old XP Pro evaluation disk, so i am installing that at present, IF I use my oem number (off the bottom of the lappie) with it, will it stop it expiring after the 180 days and function like a normal xp install? Thanks Depends -- The OEM will have to be XP Pro as well. A XP home wont get accepted by a Pro Install. Some of the evaluation software also comes pre-pidded, which means the product key will be hard coded in the area where you are supposed to enter the product key for the length of the trial and cant be changed.	wainuitech (129)
1355390	2013-10-08 01:52:00	Cheers, its become academic anyway as the cd was corrupt of course it took a few hours to get to that point, anyway throwing on a linux flavour as i really only need browsing and word processing at this point	Morgenmuffel (187)
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