my friend lost her xp cd, but she still has her product key cause it is on her case (its a gateway). i have a dell computer and have my oem xp cd. can i burn her a copy of my cd and change the product key in winnt.sif so she will have a copy, or do OEMs get different builds of xp and certain keys only work with certain OEM copys?

If you have a winnt.sif you can most definately try it, but it doesn't work don't be suprised. Dell has a tendency to lock the CD into a certain type of machine. So your best bet is to just try it and if not try to find someone who has a straight OEM cd.

No, OEM can't go away to other people. only Corp. might go away to other people.

I might be wrong but i would have thought that this would work fine.

CB

well i just wanted to get some input before i try. thanks. i'll let you guys know.