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Can I use any XP Pro CD with my product key? Or does it have to be the
one that goes with the product key. The reason I ask is I have 6
machines and I am not sure which product key goes with each CD but I do
know which product key goes with each PC.

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Will Denny wrote:
> Hi
>
> If you want to 'Repair' install XP onto any of the machines, then you don't
> need a PK for that reason.
>
Thank you Will, keeping track of these keys among all the machines is a
pain.

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There are utilities on the web that will tell you the product key for each
system. 2 come to mind immediately - Magical Jellybean Keyfinder and the
Belarc Advisor.

"DrJoel" wrote:

> Can I use any XP Pro CD with my product key? Or does it have to be the
> one that goes with the product key. The reason I ask is I have 6
> machines and I am not sure which product key goes with each CD but I do
> know which product key goes with each PC.
>

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Ken Blake wrote:
> DrJoel wrote:
>
>
>>Can I use any XP Pro CD with my product key? Or does it have to be the
>>one that goes with the product key.
>
>
>
> The product key is not on the CD, and you can use any CD, as long as it's of
> the same type (Professional vs. Home; Retail vs. OEM; Full vs. Upgrade).
>
Thanks Ken I made a slipstream CD and I will try tomorrow.

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BigJIm wrote:

> you can use any legit produce key with any cd,


No, not quite true. See my earlier reply in this thread.


> so as long as you know
> what key is on the machine you are good to go.
> there maybe a difference between the Home and Pro version, not sure
> about that one.


That's one of the examples where you can't use a particular key with another
kind of CD. The others are Retail vs OEM and Full vs Upgrade.

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> "DrJoel" <joelw135@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Can I use any XP Pro CD with my product key? Or does it have to be
>> the one that goes with the product key. The reason I ask is I have 6
>> machines and I am not sure which product key goes with each CD but I
>> do know which product key goes with each PC.

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Ken Blake wrote:
> BigJIm wrote:
>
>
>>you can use any legit produce key with any cd,
>
>
>
> No, not quite true. See my earlier reply in this thread.
>
>
>
>>so as long as you know
>>what key is on the machine you are good to go.
>>there maybe a difference between the Home and Pro version, not sure
>>about that one.
>
>
>
> That's one of the examples where you can't use a particular key with another
> kind of CD. The others are Retail vs OEM and Full vs Upgrade.
>
I mite run into a problem, because the slipstream program would not
recognize the Dell XP Pro CD, but it recognized another CD which was not
Dell.