-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Using an XP upgrade to do a claen insatll that is legal

I read somewhere that part of Microsoft's new validation procedure is a 
means to make yourself legal.  You can buy it or get it free from them based 
on several variables.  Unfortunately, I can't find the info on a quick 
Google search.

Am I imagining things?

Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David F. Wooledge" <wooledge001@xxxxxxxx>
To: "@freelistts PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:07 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Using an XP upgrade to do a claen insatll that is 
legal


> For all you folks who have illegal copies of Windows XP software installed 
> to be legal you have to buy the product.  If you have an illegal copy of 
> your local newspaper (that is you or someone else stole it) and you want a 
> legal copy of the newspaper you have to buy it.  With a newspaper, if you 
> want to use the legal copy you bought you have to read it.  With the 
> software, if you want to use the legal copy  you have to install it.  You 
> can buy the CD which will have a product key with the packaging or you can 
> buy just the license which will not have a CD but will have a product key 
> (you might want just the license if you have a copy of the CD already.) 
> You can install the software by using the CD or you can input the legal 
> product key.  How to install the product key is explained in Mike's file. 
> If you have a legal CD for Me or 98 you can buy an XP upgrade.  If you 
> want to do a clean install with the upgrade CD you can format the drive 
> during the installation.  You will loo
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> everything on the hard drive, including the old Me or 98.  At some point 
> you will have to insert your Me or 98 CD to prove you own a legal copy you 
> are updating from. You do not have to spend the extra money for a non 
> upgrade full CD to do a clean install. You just have to prove you have Me 
> or 98 by inserting your old CD in the CD drive when asked. You also can 
> use the upgrade CD without wiping out the Me or 98 and it will keep your 
> settings from Me or 98.  This is where people seem to have problems when 
> they say they are using the upgrade CD.  By having the XP installation 
> format the drive you wipe out the old software and every thing else which 
> gives you a clean new install with the upgrade CD.  Simply if you have an 
> illegal XP that you or someone else stole you have to buy XP to be legal. 
> A pirated copy is a copy someone stole. Hope this helps to explain things.
> Dave
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> Yes that's my problem. Well my parents but I have to fix it. So that's 
> what
> I
> am trying to figure out how to do to make it legal
> Cindy
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