[BC] Non Sheep

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Yep, thanks. I will take whatever crap they send me and fix it.
It's a present, so an opportunity for a friend to install an OS
from scratch to get the experience. I will save her data
from her old computer on an external drive first. I've
done this before with good success.

--
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Rick Heil" <wonynerd at gmail.com>
> Rich,
> 
> I did exactly that with the new Dell I bought for the studio late last year.
> I had a set of those discs from another computer - popped them in,
> installed, and it works just fine, not a single hitch with the WGA crap
> either.  Still, a bit of a pain to do when you could just get XP
> preinstalled.
> 
> 
> Rick
> 
> On 10/25/07, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Somebody, who has been reading my posts, walked into my office
> > this morning and handed me a brand new "Reinstallation CD,"
> > usually distributed by Dell, when you purchase a computer
> > from them. It says, "Microsoft Windows XP Professional."
> > It comes with four other (supplied) CD/DVDs.
> >
> > I'm told that the "key code" from any existing installation
> > (a sticker on the computer) can be used for the conversion.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Richard B. Johnson
> > Read about my book
> > http://www.LymanSchool.org
> 
> -- 
> Rick Heil
> Operations Manager
> 90.9, WONY Oneonta
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