Black Sliver Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 (edited) Hi There!As in the title:Is it legal to install english win xp home with a german (or any other language) licence/key?Hope anyone knows this so long..Andy Edited July 9, 2007 by Black Sliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Lang does not matter to the prod key really, the version of XP does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sliver Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 The Licence i own:Acer's Win XP Home OEM SP2 - DEThe CD ive used:Win XP Home OEM SP2 - ENso long..Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sliver Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) 1st question: How sure are you that the language does not matter?2nd question: Is it possible that this window appears on trying to activate over the net with just a key "already in use" or do this means the key is absolute wrong?! (see below)so long..AndyPS: sry for double postPPS: "already in use" because I installed the German version just 3 months ago (and M$ doesn't like that)PPPS: I ran the COA test which says me that my OEM-COA (first thing to choose) "looks good".But.. Do the words 'OEM Software' appear beneath the product name in the center of your Certificate of Authenticity?>> NoYou should have received a recovery solutions Disc from your computer manufacturer. To verify that the recovery solutions CD that came with your computer is genuine, please contact your computer manufacturer.Yea, i got, but its German and i have no idea where it is ...4th question: Means that anything about I can't install any "normal" OEM Windows?5th question: How can i figure out if my setup disk was OEM without having the original one (installed it from an i386-folder unpacked to HDD)? Edited July 10, 2007 by Black Sliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Lang does not matter to the prod key really, the version of XP doesNo, localization DOES matter. US keys will not work on localized versions of XP (like German), and the converse of that is also true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sliver Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) So I have to get an English license...D@mn M$ -.- so long..Andy Edited July 10, 2007 by Black Sliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 there's a diff version of pidgen.dll for each version. a simple way to see if english key would work in foreign version is check to see file size of pidgen.dll-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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