Looking for Windows XP OEM Installation Media
Stephen
cryptworks at gmail.com
Thu Jun 7 11:09:00 MST 2012
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 at 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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