Originally posted by Big Daddy Kane:
Another thing... I have heard on Notebookforums that the license on the bottom of the laptop isn't a license for a full version of Windows, but rather just a license for the "restore" the OEM has set up.

So downloading an ISO of the retail or equivalent, you could be treading water with Microsoft.




Your licence is for a copy of windows, regardless of installation media. The license is for OEM version of said copy (XP Home; XP Pro, whatever). The only time you ever need a new licence is if you change the motherboard.

Take everything you read in forums with a pinch of salt.

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