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[morriganrant]

You don't know your license key for XP? Torrenting a copy wouldn't be illegal, it all has to do with the license. Hell you can use one OS disk to install to multiple pcs legally if you have a license for each.

[Jess Maree]

*rolls eyes* God Jess, just tell Steve to buy her a new computer so you can have hers!

Don't you worry about that, I'm the in process of scoring her laptop. Sarah desided she wants a Mac, so for all I know Steve could buy her a Mac for her birthday and my parents will buy her a Macbook for Uni.

You don't know your license key for XP? Torrenting a copy wouldn't be illegal, it all has to do with the license. Hell you can use one OS disk to install to multiple pcs legally if you have a license for each.

Nope. I have no idea how we got XP on the Shitbox without getting the disks. I'd rather have Vista over XP though $200 doesn't mean much to my folks.

[Gwill]

It doesn't matter how you got it.  If you got a serial (which you do, one way or another if you had it installed) you have rights.

[morriganrant]

BUT VISTA IS CRAP!

If you bought a pre-built pc, that came with XP installed already, then the license number for XP should be on a sticker or something somewhere on the tower.

[nekonoai]

NEVER trash your discs. I still have a copy of win98 floating around my room somewhere.

They do still sell winxp in the store. It'll be cheaper and more reliable. ;P

Friends don't let friends buy VISTA.

[morriganrant]

NEVER trash your discs. I still have a copy of win98 floating around my room somewhere.

I didn't trash my discs, mine never came with the discs. I think my family may have lost my 95 discs somewhere.

[jolrei]

Arrrr!  Dammit!  Arrrr!

If you had XP loaded and can't find your CD key/serial number thingy, you can still simply replace XP via a torrented copy.  It's stable (more or less), it works.  It does not eat all your RAMZ before you even get logged on.  This is a good thing if you want any RAMZ left for the game.

If someone (sister) asks you, you say you just reloaded from a downloaded backup using the old license.

[Theo]

Also, the arrrtificial copy doesn't need to be activated after installation, or when you change hardware.

As always, take heed while you obtain your copy from the internet, or it may become tarrrnished.

Always read the comments at the pirate cove, to make sure it doesn't do anything untoward.

Don't forget that underhanded totalitarian régimes condemn this kind of activity, therefore you must keep your activities away from prying eyes. This can be accomplished if you use an IP filter, like peer guardian.

[Jess Maree]

It doesn't matter anyway, we're getting a computer custom built which we'll have sometime next week. We had no choice but to get Vista. I've used Vista before and it's not THAT bad...

Also it turns out my old PC had SecuROM on it, and my CD drive stopped working. So it's win/win in my eyes.