Looking to upgrade my operating system from Windows 2K to XP, and have been looking at second hand copies of XP.
However, I've been told that XP Home can only be installed on one computer, so if I buy a second hand copy how do I know it will legitimately run on my PC? Does the original owner have to de-register it or something? If they don't, then how come I get told that you can't run copies of it on other machines?
Oh, and is it possible to get hold of hacked copies?
However, I've been told that XP Home can only be installed on one computer, so if I buy a second hand copy how do I know it will legitimately run on my PC? Does the original owner have to de-register it or something? If they don't, then how come I get told that you can't run copies of it on other machines?
Oh, and is it possible to get hold of hacked copies?