Reinstalling Windows help.

Hey, is there a way to reinstall windows with the same key on the same machine numerous times without the key becoming void? I ask this because i've done this before and had to purchase a new key altogether *Stupid Windows...

 

Normally in the event that you have to reinstall windows you do not need a new serial.

 

with XP, i think you get 6 installs off one key. then you have to call MS and bitch and moan until they give you a key good for one install. i had to deal with this just this past fall.

then i found XP SP2 for sale at a college for $30 and snatched that. hello new key!

 

what i want to know is can you run any key from any windows xp pro to another windows xp pro?

 

Well, Do you care about the Legality

 

Nope. There's four different versions of XP (not Home vs Pro)...:

Upgrade,
OEM,
Retail, and
Corporate.

A new key, if you need one....isn't that expensive.