On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 00:24, Russ wrote: > That is what I meant. I was reinstalling XP on his Compaq laptop and I > finally found the Windows XP serial code on the bottom of his laptop. I > literally searched through everything he had several times. Why they > chose to hid that stupid thing under there is a mistery to me.
Actually, Microsoft now requires that the activation key be affixed to the computer case as part of their OEM program. It's to emphasize that the OS license is tied to that particular computer or some such nonsense...
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