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I think the problem is that XP might be toooooo complicated for you

Maybe Win 95?

But, serially; I mean seriously, did you WANT XP on both PCs or do you want it on only one?

If you want it on one--a different one--copy the two license files to a floppy

C:WINDOWSsystem32 wpa.bak wpa.dbl

Then, when you are doing the new install & at the initial desktop, it asks if you'd like to register--click no.

Then, after you are up & running, copy these two files off the floppy back to your new system32 folder.

Depending what mood your system is in -it may or may not prompt you to reactivate, if you have to it's a phone call or online

If XP sees more then 4 hardware changes, it may tell you to reactivate--but maybe not.

Do yourself a favor for those updates & get AutoPatcher--you'll save yourself A LOT of grief.




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thanks for the tip richardj but i don't want to take the chance of
m$ finding out and killing either of the machines.

i need xp pro to beable to fix moms computer from here when it needs it.

as for the updates i recovered the sony vaio again back to factory specs

and am now updateing the old version of xp before i upgrade
i think that will fix the errors in it.
i am just about half way finished with the updates. 24 more left.



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