Dumb XP key question

[Danny Chamberlin]

I'm rebuilding a friend's system - it has XP on it, but is old enough that no service packs had come out for it. They don't have the original CDs anymore and all I have is an XP SP3 disk. Does anyone know if the key for their system still activate an SP3 XP cd? the CD I have is a retail CD

Danny

[Joe Ferguson]

It should work fine unless it's a volume/non-retail key. if it's a branded computer it should be fine. Keys weren't tied to specific Service Packs

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Danny Chamberlin <crit...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm rebuilding a friend's system - it has XP on it, but is old enough that no service packs had come out for it. They don't have the original CDs anymore and all I have is an XP SP3 disk. Does anyone know if the key for their system still activate an SP3 XP cd? the CD I have is a retail CD

Danny

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[Danny Chamberlin]

Thanks...It's been so long since I rebuilt an XP machine I couldn't remember (this is going to be a child's computer so no need to try to shoehorn 7 on it, tho I may still dual-boot it with some linux distro (get 'em started early :) )

Danny