Where can I download Windows XP?

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@JC WATTS google wga activator and download and patch yur OS i did and my copy of XP pro is genuine now lol i have like 7 types of pro 4 vistas and windows 7 beta cracked all downloaded, i guess im good for a while

okay, so the disc drive on my computer is broken or disabled or something. i bought it seconed hand . i cant install software from a disc so how do i update my computer to window xp. i have windows ME abd cant do jack with it.

Hi Leo, I did read the above and I may be foolish for thinking my situation is different somehow..all this gives me a brain-ache I really don't deserve.
I bought a 2nd-hand Compaq presario w/ XP pro on it (it has the product sticker proving it's a licensed, not pirated version)~ I don't know the original place of purchase ~ the PC itself is in bad shape and I've been building a new tower (just needs the new hard drive connected) ..I'm disabled on a fixed income,It's taken forever to just get up and running online ..so I cannot just prove/verify to Microsoft that I bought (not pirated) their OS from the product sticker serial code # and re-burn a new installation disc ? I understand needing to pay for upgrades to VISTA, but if you already paid for the current version ..why is this hard ?? (There MAY have BEEN discs with the computer originally ~ I don't know ~ but it seems ridiculous that if I can show 'authentication'of ownership I should have to re-purchase XP pro ..a small replacement fee for the new discs (or download) *with product code of course ! seems fair and reasonable enough to me ..all I wanted was to get/burn a replacement disc so I would have it for emergency purposes and to hopefully just re-install the OS I've already paid for onto this newer,better tower I've stuggled so hard to build ...Is there no hope for my plight? I'm no techie ..just where would I look for this 'magical' file which might contain the 'retail license' (does it have a common name I can do a file search for?) Please Leo, If you can spare a minute I'd be greatful !!

Hi Leo,
A week ago, my brother told me to install Vista Black Edition on my Mac computer. The mac computer came with both Windows XP and well, Apple. It is a MacBook laptop. I had commented on his computer, which he installed Vista on, because it looked more 'stylish' and easier to use. He gave me the download link and I downloaded it. It took about 2-3 hours, and when I went onto it, it said something along the lines of "Warning : Jack 80 could not be registered" or something. I didn't pay attention to it, and I realised later that it meant the AUDIO. I don't have any sound at all and my headphone jack is glowing red. I searched it up on google about how to fix this -I tried flipping the switch inside the jack with a toothpick- , but it didn't work. It is very inconvient without sound because I was working on a project on Sony Vegas and I am unable to continue due to this problem. I checked to see if the Apple version of my computer had sound, and it did. Which means the problem is Vista, not my audio jack. I want to switch back to Windows XP, but, like you said, it is illegal... Advice, please?

Hi Leo! I just wanted to say thank you. I just got my new iPod Touch and it said I needed to have Windows XP sp2, Windows Vista or later. So I thought it might be easy to just go download it. But then I asked myself something. 'Is it even legal?' So thank you for helping me not get into legal trouble at the age of 11. Yeah, Im 11, lol.

I have windows 98 on my computer. Can XP be installed and replace 98? (I cannot afford a new computer right now.) If so, how much would the software cost?

I am also having trouble with my CD drive. It will open 2007 software for my digital camera. Would the drive: Allow me to install XP & reinstall my AOL software?

Leo, I purchase a pc with Windows XP home new, then I went online and purchase two Windows PX Professional upgrade new in the box and had ship to me. I had problems installing, anyway this went for some time.Come to fine out my disks are bad.I try contact the dealer, no longer there,I contact Micrsoft,they make me give them all these little bitty numbers all over the disks,Then said YES there real but your screw.You have to go to your dealer and get them .I explain this is your dealer and he is out of business.Please help Carl

my XP displays that its not my genuine XP and now i have a original Key how to re-register with out reinstalling the windows

This thread reaises a number of questions. Acquiring a working copy of XP without paying the richest man in the whole world still more money is technically illegal; but then we all know that the lawmakers in Congress are a bunch of bagmen and if you pay them enough money [ooops, sorry, "campaign contributions"] you can practically write your own law and have it passed. That's how Hollywood, the MPAA, does it. Illegality aside, let's turn to ethics. Microsoft is hardly an ethical company, it is, in fact, a convicted monopolist, with a history of trying to destroy any competition. If it was a proper software company it wouldn't be yanking XP off the market arbitrarily, determined to bully the whole world into buying Vista and soon, Windows 7. It should keep XP available permanently for those who like and want it; ought to be available off-the-shelf at Newegg, Walmart, or other stores for about $50. And at this point they could charge for a service pack 3 or 4... and many would buy it. XP is a "legacy" operating system very stable and proven, and it's going to be around for at least 20 years. But, since this rich and greedy monopolist does only what it thinks is good for it and doesn't care about anybody else; as far as I'm concerned it doesn't deserve any consideration. I make the decisions on what sw is used on 500+ computers, and there will be nothing past XP unless the work a particular person does requires sw that has to have Vista to run. For most office grunt work, the free Open Office is all anyone needs, and that's on 400+ computers now.

Thanks for reading.

Download Azureus this would be the way to find a copy . Also remember that windows XP/Vista can be activated on another pc after 120 days.

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