I recently had a similar problem in that I didn't realise I had to have a new licence for installing Win 7 on another PC. Microsoft told me to buy another licence. Theirs was more than I could afford and googled "Key code for Win 7" and several sellers came up. I bought one for £18 and it works fine. I have just googled Win XP and there are several outlets selling Win XP licences incuding Ebay.

Dorothy Jones


--- On Fri, 22/4/11, Bruce Lund <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Bruce Lund <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCBUILD] Who should reactivate my Windows license?
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Friday, 22 April, 2011, 11:55

OK, for those that have been watching, I just did an XP Home restore on my eMachines
 D2880.
Computer was purchased new over 5 years ago.I paid to have a new mother board installed about a year ago.I did a system restore last week due to a system error.I 

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