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| Thread ID: 83904 | 2007-10-17 09:03:00 | This might interest a few people | winmacguy (3367) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 602384 | 2007-10-17 09:03:00 | Microsoft to allow serial-number free install of XP. PLUS: what's in XP SP 3 apcmag.com |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 602385 | 2007-10-17 10:37:00 | [quote=this gives you the functionality to install Windows XP without having to enter the product key, as with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 SP2.] This is what Nlite is for. Then again, I can remember my Windows 98 serial off by heart. And not, it's not that bootleg one. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 602386 | 2007-10-17 18:56:00 | I know a legit school key off by heart. :lol: That comes in very useful occasionally. And, no, I don't use it where I shouldn't. It has saved my @rse several times, where people don't have the right version of an XP Pro disk (SP1 or whatever). Nobody ever knows the difference, and when it's up and running, I use MJB to change the key back to what it was before. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 602387 | 2007-10-17 19:01:00 | Aside from serial free installation, and the security fixes etc is there anything new to interest the average XP user? | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 602388 | 2007-10-17 21:11:00 | How would serial-free installation work? As I understand it, a user would have XP installed already, then have installed SP1, SP2 before getting to SP3 (wherein this new function would become available). Since the serial number would already have been entered at the original install of XP, how does this new functionality benefit a user?? :waughh: :waughh: :waughh: Sounds a bit like getting nothing for nothing.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 602389 | 2007-10-17 21:19:00 | I wonder what SP3 will break?? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 602390 | 2007-10-17 21:20:00 | How would serial-free installation work? As I understand it, a user would have XP installed already, then have installed SP1, SP2 before getting to SP3 (wherein this new function would become available). Since the serial number would already have been entered at the original install of XP, how does this new functionality benefit a user?? :waughh: :waughh: :waughh: Sounds a bit like getting nothing for nothing.... It's serial-Free for a full XP SP3 CD install, not the servicepack if you have a copy of XP with SP3 already in it (slipstreamed) and you want to install XP, you don't need to enter a CD key. installing SP3 onto an already installed XP is the same as installing SP1 or SP2. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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