Is getting an upgrade of Windows XP home edition SP2 okay, or do I have to get the full version?
Didn't you tell me to wipe out the hard drive -- in that event, I would need to install a full version, right? The copies sold on e-bay are new. Thanks, Jan --- In [email protected], "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OEM licenses are non transferrable and can't be resold. > Any OEM version you get off ebay as 'used' is useless. > You need to obtain either a retail license or upgrade. > > Windows XP Home is the current version. > The next version of Windows WILL NOT run on the hardware in your system. > Microsoft is expecting to ship the next version of Windows in late > 2006 but is expected that only high end machines purchased now will > run it smoothly. > > --- In [email protected], Homer Loner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > To make it easy on yourself, try to find a Win > > XP CD that includes SP2. That will give you the > > latest version. (That may mean that you will have to > > get an OEM version==OK, it is cheaper.) > > > > Homer > > > > > > > > --- JIM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Happygal, > > > > > > > Thanks. Is there a certain version of Windows XP > > > that I need to get? > > > > Home edition, yes, but a 3.0 or something? > > > > > > Once you get any version of XP Home and get all the > > > updates you have the > > > most recent version. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! Sports > > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football > > http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
