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I have just bought a used Dell P4 2.4 GHz, now that pc has a windows xp
professional license sticker, Although seem simple but still want to confirm
do I need to buy Windows Xp again for this PC ?
just confirming

regards
 
If it has the factory installed XP and it's working, you shouldn't have to
buy it again.
When you bought the box, you also bought that version of XP.
You can't put it on another machine, but it should be fine on that one.

"S t i n g r a y" <sting@sting.net> wrote in message
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>I have just bought a used Dell P4 2.4 GHz, now that pc has a windows xp
>professional license sticker, Although seem simple but still want to
>confirm do I need to buy Windows Xp again for this PC ?
> just confirming
>
> regards
>
 
When you bought it, did the original owner give you the os cd with it?

"S t i n g r a y" wrote:

> I have just bought a used Dell P4 2.4 GHz, now that pc has a windows xp
> professional license sticker, Although seem simple but still want to confirm
> do I need to buy Windows Xp again for this PC ?
> just confirming
>
> regards
>
>
>
 
S t i n g r a y wrote:
> I have just bought a used Dell P4 2.4 GHz, now that pc has a windows xp
> professional license sticker, Although seem simple but still want to confirm
> do I need to buy Windows Xp again for this PC ?
> just confirming
>
> regards
>
>


If a Product Key/Certificate of Authenticity label is affixed to the
computer's case, it means that there is an OEM license assigned to that
computer. Because OEM licenses are permanently bound to the first
computer on which they're installed, this means that you've also
purchased the OS license. Of course, if the seller neglected to provide
you with the installation CD, you may eventually need to buy another
license, anyways.

With second-hand computers, especially if acquired from strangers
but perhaps even if acquired from a family member or friend, your wisest
course of action would definitely be to format the hard drives and start
fresh. You don't want to get in trouble because the original owner may
have filled the hard drive with kiddie porn, or have problems because
the original owner downloaded/installed viruses or other malware.


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S t i n g r a y wrote:
>
> I have just bought a used Dell P4 2.4 GHz, now that pc has a windows xp
> professional license sticker, Although seem simple but still want to confirm
> do I need to buy Windows Xp again for this PC ?
> just confirming

Any time you buy a used PC, you should wipe the hard drive and install
the version of windows you want to use fresh.

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http://www.bootdisk.com/
 
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