DisabledTrucker That's really weird. I'm not an expert so I can't comment on M$ techies but I recall a friend of mine managing some 15 computers with XPs . Each time he had to reinstall, he used the same key for any of the computers. I know he had a legit license so maybe it was a Corporate license and key, which may work differently from XP professional and home , not to mention Win TE and MCE. (rant ahead) Anyway it doesn't seem too fair selling a computer without the possibility to reinstall and personalize the system (unless you don't care spending an afternoon doing stupid things like launching installation programs, typing keys in, and of course getting rid of bad OEM software in your laptop). If M$ does all this for piracy prevention, it does pop up to everyone's eyes that the sole person who they put in trouble is the legit user. That said, I think there should be a way out. First, anyone can suggest what l should look for in the TabletPC OEM recovery CD in order to slipstreaming it into a WinXP Corporate CD? Thank you in advance - gionames
