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Correct Copy of XP for Boot Camp...
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<blockquote data-quote="hexonxonx" data-source="post: 617240" data-attributes="member: 33873"><p>Well, HP was including a FULL copy of XP SP2 back then not an upgrade or restore disk like some computer manufacturers. I bought two HP laptops that year and they both came with the same exact XP disk although the computers were different models.</p><p></p><p>I mentioned that they also had a built in serial number so that I never had to actually activate those laptops. When I installed one of those copys onto my MBP. it tried to activate using that built in serial number and Windows told me it wasn't valid. I then used the serial number on the bottom of the HP laptop and it activated with no problems. Apparently those serial numbers were different, the one built in and the one on the lable on the bottom of the HP laptop.</p><p></p><p>That's it, didn't do anything special. I don't use those HP laptops anymore since one of them didn't work anymore and I disposed of it, the other sits here with a smashed screen so my copy of XP is being used on only one computer now, not breaking any laws.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hexonxonx, post: 617240, member: 33873"] Well, HP was including a FULL copy of XP SP2 back then not an upgrade or restore disk like some computer manufacturers. I bought two HP laptops that year and they both came with the same exact XP disk although the computers were different models. I mentioned that they also had a built in serial number so that I never had to actually activate those laptops. When I installed one of those copys onto my MBP. it tried to activate using that built in serial number and Windows told me it wasn't valid. I then used the serial number on the bottom of the HP laptop and it activated with no problems. Apparently those serial numbers were different, the one built in and the one on the lable on the bottom of the HP laptop. That's it, didn't do anything special. I don't use those HP laptops anymore since one of them didn't work anymore and I disposed of it, the other sits here with a smashed screen so my copy of XP is being used on only one computer now, not breaking any laws. [/QUOTE]
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