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[Jan Ritzerfeld <suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Donnerstag, 25. März 2010 schrieb Duaine Hechler:

> [...]
> I have a legit copy of Windows XP and key from my laptop. Tried to
> install it on my desktop and kept giving me a message - something -
> about registration / after 30 days it will not boot.
>
> So it sounds like the key IS tied to a system.

Sure! You cannot use the same key twice (on systems that XP is able to 
distinguish between). However, you should be able to activate the key on the 
second system. But, then you will lose the activation on the first system.

Using VirtualBox, you could fake the DMI BIOS settings to match the ones of 
the first system. Then, you should not have to reactivate, see: 
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9697

Gruß
 Jan
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