I've never heard a dfinitive answer to this question, but I'm sure this is t he place to find one.
I'm helping a friend with her computer and it will need formatted and a XP installation. Her computer is a Gateway with an XP Pro SP1 key on the COA label. She no longer has the restore disks for the computer.
Can I install XP with my Retail XP Pro disk and use her Key Code from her computer? I've never quite understood how Miscrosoft tracks the Keys or what the do's and dont's are regarding installation.
Thank you for any insight.
Jim