Sectorgame

Title speaks for itself.

What with the announcement that only legit copies of XP will be receiving updates in the future, I need to buy one - Again. I did own a copy of XP, and still do, but for some reason the key stopped working after a format, one time. After that, I used a keygen to keep it running.

probably the cost of buying XP again... However, SP2 is roumored to use your old SP1 keycode, so thats a possible workaround, if you don't mind the SP2 suckage...

You can buy windows?

(actually, I've never updated it anyways; it fails every time on my work XP laptop, and the service pack for my Win2000 proper computer actually breaks it)

I actually bought a copy of XP Home, but it was so temperamental and buggy that I ended up 'swapping' to Pro instead.

Flipside wrote:I actually bought a copy of XP Home, but it was so temperamental and buggy that I ended up 'swapping' to Pro instead.

That's odd. My family's PC has XP Home, and it's been as solid as a rock since we installed it. In fact, my PC with XP Pro has more bugs.

I only use the professional versions. I have XP Pro and 2k Pro. The Xp pro doesn't need authorization.

Yes it does, at least for some versions. I know because mine bitched and moaned about it.

Supposedly mine is the corporate edition. That could be it.

Yeah, that's it. That's the one that doesn't require authentification. The OEM and Retail versions do, IIRC.

*hugs his installation of Windows 98*

You, know there are times where I wonder if that's not the best solution, Goob.

I can show you where to get XP Home for like 80$
http://www.directron.com/windowxp.html