08-24-2006, 11:32 PM
Office 2004 has its own disks, and VPC 7 is 3 CDs, with an XP installer it looks like. XP isn't on its own disks labeled as a stand alone XP install as far as I can tell.
But the VPC7 case has the VPC 7 ser# and an XP ser# listed separately
I suppose I could borrow a friends XP retail disks, and use my ser#?
What I have is a legal and legit#.
I just don't know much about the whole XP activation BS to know if it would work.
I ask because M$ owes me 2 software titles, and one could be an XP Pro set, but if I can use the ser# from my office 2004 Pro sets that I already own, then I could get something else useful. (I consult with M$ maybe once or twice a year, and I get software as payment. I wish I could hold out for Office 2007 or whatever is up next for either the PC or the Mac)
But the VPC7 case has the VPC 7 ser# and an XP ser# listed separately
I suppose I could borrow a friends XP retail disks, and use my ser#?
What I have is a legal and legit#.
I just don't know much about the whole XP activation BS to know if it would work.
I ask because M$ owes me 2 software titles, and one could be an XP Pro set, but if I can use the ser# from my office 2004 Pro sets that I already own, then I could get something else useful. (I consult with M$ maybe once or twice a year, and I get software as payment. I wish I could hold out for Office 2007 or whatever is up next for either the PC or the Mac)