Looking for Windows XP OEM Installation Media

[Stephen]

so bringing the Mag-lite.. got it :-P

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> 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 at 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 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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>>
>> Stephen
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-- 
A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen