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Old 12-17-2005, 01:34 PM   #1
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Will this work?

I have the Windows XP Home Key from my old vaio and I have the Home CD. Im building a new pc and I was wondering if the code from my vaio would work with my new PC??
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Old 12-17-2005, 02:11 PM   #2
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Nope. You need to buy a new XP CD. The EULA for XP prohibits multiple installations and chances are the Sony is keyed to the bios for that machine anyway.
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Nope. You need to buy a new XP CD. The EULA for XP prohibits multiple installations and chances are the Sony is keyed to the bios for that machine anyway.
My friend let 2 other people use his XP Pro key and it worked Are you positive?
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Yes, I'm sure. His XP Pro key is probably a Corporate Key and what he's doing is illegal - a violation of the MS EULA.
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