Illegal copy of XP Pro

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Hi all
A student friend of mine has a second hand pc with XP Pro installed. He is
entitled to purchase academic software. On attempting to upgrade the PC to
SP2, the upgrade would not proceed because of a problem with the legality of
the existing installation. What is the best way to proceed after purchasing
a legal copy without losing the data on his machine? Please address any
replies to the news group. My email address is false.

 

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http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xp_in_place_upgrade.htm
peterk

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"Bert" <nobody123@antispam.com.uk> wrote in message
news:ZAlBe.41$kd7.1922@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Hi all
> A student friend of mine has a second hand pc with XP Pro installed. He
> is entitled to purchase academic software. On attempting to upgrade the
> PC to SP2, the upgrade would not proceed because of a problem with the
> legality of the existing installation. What is the best way to proceed
> after purchasing a legal copy without losing the data on his machine?
> Please address any replies to the news group. My email address is false.
>

 

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My sincere thanks for the reply. Please address any replies to the news
group. My email address is false. Bert
"peterk" <peterk@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xp_in_place_upgrade.htm
> peterk
>
> --
> It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much
> about the problem
> "Bert" <nobody123@antispam.com.uk> wrote in message
> news:ZAlBe.41$kd7.1922@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>> Hi all
>> A student friend of mine has a second hand pc with XP Pro installed. He
>> is entitled to purchase academic software. On attempting to upgrade the
>> PC to SP2, the upgrade would not proceed because of a problem with the
>> legality of the existing installation. What is the best way to proceed
>> after purchasing a legal copy without losing the data on his machine?
>> Please address any replies to the news group. My email address is false.
>>
>
>