license windows xp2

Arnel Laudit wrote:
> where i can purchase nowadays a licensed windows xp2 because the one that was installed in my pc is not licensed. i don't want to shift to windows vista, i still prefer windows xp2.
>
> thanks,
>

In the past, if you had an "invalid" XP license, as reported by the WGA
tool, you were given the option of buying a license from Microsoft. I
don't know if they still give you the option of buying an XP license.


> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com

In article <eE%ej.101909$MJ6.94551@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder.TakeThisOut@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Arnel Laudit wrote:
>> where i can purchase nowadays a licensed windows xp2 because the one that was
> installed in my pc is not licensed. i don't want to shift to windows vista, i
> still prefer windows xp2.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>
>In the past, if you had an "invalid" XP license, as reported by the WGA
>tool, you were given the option of buying a license from Microsoft. I
>don't know if they still give you the option of buying an XP license.
>
>
>> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
They do, and they will send you a new CD

"peter" <peterk.TakeThisOut@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:7FC96335-511A-4644-93AA-4BE69A1FAA03@microsoft.com...
> have you looked in a computer store lately??
> peter
>
> "Arnel Laudit" wrote in message news:20081312220ap_laudit@yahoo.com...
>> where i can purchase nowadays a licensed windows xp2 because the one that
>> was installed in my pc is not licensed. i don't want to shift to windows
>> vista, i still prefer windows xp2.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>

IIRC, the option to buy the licence as offered by WGA is cheaper than a
retail boxed version.