Ars Technica

Recovering an XP CD key from a nonbootable partition?

I always tell my friends to write these things down ...<BR><BR>OK, a friend of mine has a legit copy of XP Home. He's had it installed for a few years no, no real problems until a day or so ago - His ...
Ars Technica

Check for valid Windows XP CD Key?

Hello, I'm writing a program and now trying to find a way to check to see if a Windows XP CD-Key is valid. Obviously the algorithm is not known, but is there an API call in Windows that could do this ...
CNET

Boot Camp (#6): Using a Windows XP upgrade CD; More on slipstreaming a Windows XP SP2 disc; Use of Control-Alt-Delete; more

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...
ZDNet

How to upgrade your PC to Windows XP

If your budget doesn't stretch to a brand-new PC, why not give your old one a new lease of life by upgrading its OS to Windows XP? Here's how to go about it. Giving an old workhorse PC a new operating ...