borrowing/copying windows XP cd's - is it legal?

[Phil_needs_help]

i lost my windows XP cd - question is if i borrow/copy someone esles cd but still enter MY serial number - is this legal and ok?

 

[eeyrjmr]

yes it is legal, you have paid for a licence not the CD, unless yours was an OEM

 

[Phil_needs_help]

its retail soo cool thanks - soo is OEM tied to the cd itself (i'm just curious)

 

[nst6563]

The copy you borrow has to match the key type you have. So if you have an OEM key, you'd need to borrow an OEM copy. Retail means you'd need a retail CD. From my experience, you can't use an OEM key on a retail CD and vice versa. But then again, The OEM copies I tried out were from both Dell and Compaq.

but yeah...like was already said...it's legal, you just need to match your key with the correct version of windows.

 

[Phil_needs_help]

The copy you borrow has to match the key type you have. So if you have an OEM key, you'd need to borrow an OEM copy. Retail means you'd need a retail CD. From my experience, you can't use an OEM key on a retail CD and vice versa. But then again, The OEM copies I tried out were from both Dell and Compaq.

but yeah...like was already said...it's legal, you just need to match your key with the correct version of windows.

sorted ok