Windows xp orig. disk, Am I being lied to?

Hi: I bought a computer some time ago and felt it was time to format (3yrs) The pc came with a orig. windows disk.(or so I thought) When I tried to enter the serial numbers, the pc would'nt accepted them. I was told windows allows you 2 formats per disk then a authorized windows person must CALL microsoft to allow any more uses of those serials. Bottom line, I had to pay to have it formated. Which I could have done myself. Just checking if I was taken.

Thanks in advance


Win xp home

 

Also if you haven't wiped the old set-up yet, you can use the magic jellybean keyfinder to display your current windows key that is in use with your system, to ensure it is the same on on Authentication sticker.

You could also have been supplied the wrong disk. If you have been given a standard Windows disk, yet the key you have is for an OEM installation then it wont work.

 

Hi and Thank you Steve. In regards to what Techmonkey was saying I do now remember the sales person said it was a OEM disk. So I can't use it for formats and install of windows in future? (myself) With that being said, I wonder why I was not givin a official windows disk.

 

Hi again and thank you Pete: I think in my case here it falls into your catagorys 3 and 4. It is a Dell disk. (I don't have a Dell pc) It says operating system is on this disk.

Marty