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Windows XP Licence validation – a bargain at £92. Bought meself a valid licence. It wont be long before those naughty versions of XP will start to get disabled, so grab yourself a deal! Remember XP Pro is something like £250.
True mate! However the £250 price tag is from PC world – Ya can get it cheaper elsewhere
http://www.bizrate.co.uk/operatingsystems/products__keyword–professional%20xp.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5144698.stm
Sake of a few quid then your legit boys.
Pffft £250.. I got mine for £80 and that was last year!
feckin ghey london and its extotionate prices again!
well, no WGA crap on my PC, i unticked the checkbox to install it.
what you can’t see can’t hurt you..choose inform me of updates but do not install, then auto update works and you can choose not to install WGA as its listed as a update.
so far all attempts by M$ to enforce legal copies is easy to work around..
based on that im not paying 🙂
might treat myself to vista though when its out ?
I agree with Max, and rather by spooky coincidence did this only this morning before seeing this post.
If you only paid £80, I’m guessing it is either not legit or you actually got an upgrade from W2k/Win9x. If not, then well done!!
Fair enough, but only valid for the PC which you brought with it.
If you purchased it separately from any hardware, then technically it is an illegal copy.
from scan….
PLEASE NOTE : The OEM agreement for Microsoft OEM SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION.
If the individual software license is a desktop operating system (including Windows XP Media Center Edition), we grant you a nonexclusive right to distribute individual software licenses; provided that each one is distributed with either (a) a fully assembled computer system or (b) a nonperipheral computer hardware component.
A “fully assembled computer system†means a computer system consisting of at least a central processing unit, a motherboard, a hard drive, a power supply, and a case.
A “nonperipheral computer hardware component†means a component that will be an integral part of the fully assembled computer system on which the individual software license will be installed.Designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the new standard in reliability and performance. It includes all the great features and new visual design of Windows XP Home Edition, plus premier security and privacy features, advanced recovery options, improved ability to connect to large networks, and much more.
Thank God for volume licensing 😉 😀
Gonzo – you will probably need to install WGA in order to run Windows Update in the future. Thats how they will play it – no security updates.
Think of the £92 as your charitable act for this year. After all its all profit for Microsoft which means more $$$ in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation thingy which is doing lots in Africa to sort out Malaria/HIV etc.
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