Where To Get Good Price on XP 2007
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From: Daave on 24 Nov 2009 10:12 ampig wrote: > Hello. I'm a newbie and novice. My daughter had a computer built for > her by a friend. There was never any operating system installed. An > accquaintance gave me a copy of XP Pro circa 2002 to use, but it won't > load. According to an IT friend at work who looked at it, the older XP > version can't deal with the modern 2008 hardware. He loaded 2004 XP > Service Pack 2 on the machine and it worked fine. What he loaded > belongs to our company so he had to remove it. So who's got good > deals on XP? Thanks for any help. Please describe the "copy of XP Pro circa 2002" your acquaintance gave you. Was it a gift? Was it just a CD or a copy of an original CD without a Product Key? Is it a full-fledged installation CD, including a Product Key (doubtful)? If so, you should be able to create a newer (SP3-level) version by using a method known as slipstreaming. Post back for guidance if this is the case. Otherwise, you may purchase a generic OEM XP Home installation CD (at the SP3 level -- and which comes with a Product Key!) here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116511 Note that an OEM license means this installation of XP Home is good only for this particular computer and may never be transferred to another PC. A more expensive Retail license (which can only be purchased second-hand) may be transferred.
From: Daave on 24 Nov 2009 12:08 C wrote: > Mark Adams wrote: >> >> "ampig" wrote: >> >>> Hello. I'm a newbie and novice. My daughter had a computer built >>> for her by a friend. There was never any operating system >>> installed. An accquaintance gave me a copy of XP Pro circa 2002 to >>> use, but it won't load. According to an IT friend at work who >>> looked at it, the older XP version can't deal with the modern 2008 >>> hardware. He loaded 2004 XP Service Pack 2 on the machine and it >>> worked fine. What he loaded belongs to our company so he had to >>> remove it. So who's got good deals on XP? Thanks for any help. >>> >>> >>> . >>> >> >> Fry's Electronics this week has Windows XP Home OEM for $79. > > Which, considering that the OP doesn't need it, you are suggesting the > OP waste $79. I thought his post was unclear. Perhaps OP needs it; perhaps he doesn't. He needs to provide more information.
From: C on 24 Nov 2009 12:34 Daave wrote: > C wrote: >> Mark Adams wrote: >>> "ampig" wrote: >>> >>>> Hello. I'm a newbie and novice. My daughter had a computer built >>>> for her by a friend. There was never any operating system >>>> installed. An accquaintance gave me a copy of XP Pro circa 2002 to >>>> use, but it won't load. According to an IT friend at work who >>>> looked at it, the older XP version can't deal with the modern 2008 >>>> hardware. He loaded 2004 XP Service Pack 2 on the machine and it >>>> worked fine. What he loaded belongs to our company so he had to >>>> remove it. So who's got good deals on XP? Thanks for any help. >>>> >>>> >>>> . >>>> >>> Fry's Electronics this week has Windows XP Home OEM for $79. >> Which, considering that the OP doesn't need it, you are suggesting the >> OP waste $79. > > I thought his post was unclear. Perhaps OP needs it; perhaps he doesn't. > He needs to provide more information. > > His IT guy loaded XP Pro. It worked. All he has to do is use the IT guy's CD and his product key and he's set to go. C
From: Daave on 24 Nov 2009 13:01 C wrote: > Daave wrote: >> C wrote: >>> Mark Adams wrote: >>>> "ampig" wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello. I'm a newbie and novice. My daughter had a computer built >>>>> for her by a friend. There was never any operating system >>>>> installed. An accquaintance gave me a copy of XP Pro circa 2002 to >>>>> use, but it won't load. According to an IT friend at work who >>>>> looked at it, the older XP version can't deal with the modern 2008 >>>>> hardware. He loaded 2004 XP Service Pack 2 on the machine and it >>>>> worked fine. What he loaded belongs to our company so he had to >>>>> remove it. So who's got good deals on XP? Thanks for any help. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> Fry's Electronics this week has Windows XP Home OEM for $79. >>> Which, considering that the OP doesn't need it, you are suggesting >>> the OP waste $79. >> >> I thought his post was unclear. Perhaps OP needs it; perhaps he >> doesn't. He needs to provide more information. >> >> > > His IT guy loaded XP Pro. It worked. All he has to do is use the IT > guy's CD and his product key and he's set to go. His IT guy "had to remove it." Furthermore, we don't know what kind of installation CD he used. OEM? Retail? Volume License? And from what it sounds like, the IT guy won't be visiting him again, anyway. And this is not a run-of-the-mill Dell or HP that already has a license to run XP Pro and an accompanying COA sticker. The PC was built by OP's daughter's friend, and OP never indicated that the PC came with *any* operating system. OP's acquaintance did give him "a copy of XP Pro circa 2002" -- but that statement doesn't contain enough information. Is there a Product Key? Probably not, but of course it's possible. But OP needs to provide this information to get useful advice! And if this is a complete package, then all OP's daughter needs to do is perform a Clean Install of XP Pro, using that CD and the accompanying Product Key. (But it doesn't sound like this is the situation. Still need more info!)
From: ampig on 25 Nov 2009 07:01
Thanks guys. I wound up buying a copy of XP Pro online for $80.00 |