Does WinXP Pro require activation? Or is it only WinXP Home that needs activation?

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My laptop was stolen, and I took its WinXP Home install CD and used it to repair an old PC (gotta cut my losses somehow). Now it wants an activation key and won't recognize the one that came with it (probably because I'm installing it on a different machine).

I have an XP Pro disk from a previous laptop (also stolen), and I want to know if it requires an activation key as well. Does year matter? The XP home disk is from 2007 (I only had that laptop for 2 months!), the XP Pro disk is from 2004.

If none of these works, I'm going to format the machine and start over with Win2k (uhh, can I go backwards like that?).

Seriously, I've been robbed twice in the span of 3 months, won't Dell and Microsoft have a little mercy on me so I can have a functional home computer???

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Hi Gumdrop. I feel sorry for your situation and wish I could help. I'm sorry I don't know the answer.

However, I do understand why you don't accept e-mails. There are some pests out there!!! Nonetheless, I'm having fun.

My point is, you made an offer. Please view my post for more details. You answered this post a couple of days ago.

PS - I hope they catch those thieves!!!

MadMax08 · Answer

Unfortunately, if they keys don't work, you're out of luck. if you're looking for a cheap solution, you can always go with linux OS, since they're free. they're pretty easy to use, and mostly similar to windows. my favorite is Ubuntu, but there's a bunch of different ones out there

freedownloadzplus · Answer

Yes pro does as well...

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Does WinXP Pro require activation? Or is it only WinXP Home that needs activation?

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