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On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:21:06 +1200, "Clayton"
<claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>SP-2 CD from Microsoft is when I buy OEM versions from my supplier it comes
>with SP-2 much like the slipstreaming that we do, I know that if I am going
>to do a repair install or clean install using this disk and then using the
>computers COA it will not work as I need to be using the correct version of
>XP that came with the computer.
>
>
>"D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3nut1jF3dip9U1@individual.net...
>> Many of my computers had RTM versions of XP. I made slipstreamed versions
>> with SP1 when that came out, then SP2 when that arrived. I've done repair
>> installs as well as new installs with the slipstreamed CDs and the
>> original product keys. I've done the same with customer computers. As long
>> as it's the same version, meaning retail, oem. VL, upgrade, whatever, the
>> SP version shouldn't make a difference in the install.
>>
>> I suppose there might be some weird exceptions, but I haven't run across
>> any. Most of the time when I get one that won't accept a key, it's because
>> I can't tell the difference between a B and an 8.
>>
>> Now I've got to wonder what you mean by "SP2 CD from Microsoft." If it's
>> *just* SP2, you can't use it to do a repair install, as it's only the
>> service pack. If it's an action pack or MSDN cd, that's not going to work
>> with your customer's computers, either, considering your description is of
>> an oem install.
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:uMtzQ5NsFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> So you are telling me that if I was to use a SP-2 CD from Microsoft that
>>> the COA key will work from a system that was purchased in 2001?
>>>
>>>
>>> "D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:3nulv1F3e6ckU1@individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>>>> news:O3jHM4MsFHA.3732@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I am a computer repairer and was wondering if there is anywhere I can
>>>>> find out which COA labels on computers relate to which version of
>>>>> Windows XP installed on the pc.
>>>>> I get many systems brought in without the media and the COA label
>>>>> attached to the side of the case and would like to know if the systems
>>>>> being shipped are installed with non SP or SP 1 or 2 so we can use our but D
>>>>> back up copies of XP to repair the installation or reinstall.
>>>>> I found that if I use a non SP XP cd and using the COA key it will not
>>>>> work as it is a SP-1 installation key.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Clayton
I can use the SAME CD key which was supplied with my CD for BOTH XP
with SP1 or XP with SP2. The installation code for BOTH are the SAME
CD key. SP1 or SP2 do NOT need "installation keys", XP does, to
complete an install, whether it is slipstreamed with EITHER SP1 or SP2
or NOT.
CD keys are NOT provided according to the SP level of XP, but
according to the LICENSE-TYPE of DISC, as in "Full Retail", "Retail
Upgrade", so-called "GENERIC OEM", "DSP OEM", or "Volume License".
Each disc-type contains the SAME OS code, but DIFFERENT installation
options.
So, you cannot use an OEM key with a "Full Retail" installation
package. You must use only an installation package supplied with a
"FULL RETAIL" CD key.
Donald L McDaniel
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