Doh....I forgot that the D620 also has a key.

The key on the D620 is for XP Pro.

We can talk off list about how to meet.....some dark alley in the city
where no one will see us....;) mark at phillipsmarketing dot biz.

Mark

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:

> Find out if you have a key on that dell you are setting up. and hat
> version it is. I have a an XP pro and XP home OEM install media for
> that generation of latitude.
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
> > On 06/07/2012 09:52 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
> >>
> >> I am refurbishing an old Dell Latitude D620 for my daughter. I am
> >> installing Ubuntu 12.0.4, and I would like to have Windows XP run in
> >> VirtualBox so she can access Itunes. I have several OEM Windows XP
> >> licenses from other Dell machines that I have converted completely to
> >> Linux, but I don't have any XP installation CDs. Dell won't send them to
> >> me. Does anyone have an XP installation CD I can borrow?
> >>
> >> If I am violating any laws with the request, please let me know. My
> >> simple minded view is that I have a valid license, just not the media,
> >> so borrowing the media for an installation should not be an issue.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> > First off, IANAL, and YMMV.
> >
> > TTBOMK, Windoze OEM licenses are good only on the machine they're issued
> > for. Your D620 probably has a license sticker on it though. You won't
> > however be able to install a retail version of XP using the OEM license
> key.
> >
> > Windoze licenses vary regarding virtualized machines. For example, Vista
> > Home Premium does not allow for running as a VM guest, while Vista
> Ultimate
> > does (on the same hardware). I know that XP Pro allows running as a VM
> guest
> > (on the same hardware), but I'm not sure about XP Home. Allowing for
> > something in the license doesn't necessarily mean that it won't work
> though
> > (I don't honestly know if it'd work or not).
> >
> > I would find a Dell XP installation disk, which will install on your D620
> > w/out requiring activation. You might stop by AZStRUT some day to see if
> you
> > can use theirs on site. Once you have XP on the bare hardware, you can
> use
> > the P2V utility for VB to create the VM guest files. Then install Ubuntu
> and
> > VB on the bare hardware, and copy in the VM guest files you created
> earlier.
> > That's the best way I know of to get to where you want to be.
> >
> > --
> > -Eric 'shubes'
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