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XP Home install

Discussion in 'Windows - General discussion' started by Bird7, Mar 13, 2006.

  1. Bird7

    Bird7 Regular member

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    Hey, i got a pc that has XP Home and is spywared, i wanna start from fresh, i lost those OEM back up cds, the ones where its XP Home but a bunch of other crap. I wanna know if i use the XP HOme cd and the serial that came with the computer on the bottem will work. Is that serial only for OEM installs?
     
  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    depends if cd & serial # are for the same version of home or not. if cd is sp1 & serial # is for sp2 than probably no. i tried original home cd with sp1 or 2 serial # & did not accept the #.
     

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