In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0408271557200.1525-100000@alpha.twp-llc.com>, Chris S
chumann writes:
>Someone correct me if I'm wrong (as if I need to ask!), but I believe the
>product ID's on the stickers as they come from IBM are OEM codes.
Okay.
>So you cannot use the retail package and a code from an OEM sticker. Nor
>are you allowed to use the retail code on more than one machine. However,
>I know at least one person has installed XP on more than one machine using
>the same code. The codes that come with Microsoft's Action Pack are good
>for five machines each, for instance, but other codes might work on more
>than one as well.
Hmm. Well, in my case, I have two product key stickers. One says OEM, one
doesn't say whether it's OEM or retail.
>I'd try it.
I'll at least give it a run. I can explain to them that I have two licenses,
and I'm just trying to reduce load on the Windows Update server. I know
that, the day I got my laptop, it took six reboots to finish running Windows
Update; a year or so later, it was about ten. I don't even want to guess
at how long it would take now.
-s
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