Where can I download Windows XP?

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I am a firm believer in buying what is valuable to you! It is a small price to pay for such a useful product.

Hi Leo, I bought windows XP and lost power at home when power came up and rebooted windows XP was not on my desktop and my product key number is not takeing. Microsoft will not issue a new product key since ii was a 3rd party softwear, is there anyway to correct the issue!

Stupid. Of course downloading illegally is morally wrong and abstract, but most people here will be traffic from search engines, searching "how can i download..." etc. Only to come here and find you telling them to go buy it. Legally, yes, good answer. Realistically, no. Everyone knows how to buy a product, you don't need to tell us the intricacies of purchasing items. Cheers, Leo.

I have a Thinkpad notebook. It came with XP Home installed but no installation CD because of the Access IBM. That hidden partition has long ago been deleted and I don't have XP boot CD to install it.
Instead of XP HOME(for which I have license key) I am using XP Pro illegally. I would like to download XP Home and use it instead of XP Pro but there aren't any available.

Many people such as myself already bought xp when it first came out and if you think 50 dollars is bad now it was 300then. Cds do not last forever and it is NOT illegal to download if you already bought it and have your own key. Its like downloading a nes emulator not illeagle to download if ALREADY OWN IT. Go out and buying it is a stupid answer for many people such as myself. Thank god for torrents and smart people. Go out and waste your money if you want but I refuse.

Unless you're making up your own laws, yes - even downloading it is illegal, whether or not you have a license key. Whether or not you'd be prosecuted for what's clearly a "good faith" effort on your part to restore something you already own is up for grabs, but don't let that fool you: downloading the image is illegal.

19-Sep-2009

download the newest version of windows xp 30 days .after 30 days windows xp is expired. please makes clarify the place for down load windows xp 30 days

My father purchased XP professional quite some time ago, my problem is - he purchased an upgrade. He no longer has the earlier OS discs that this xp disc needs to install. My computer has suffered a serious setback from an infinite reboot loop (bad SPTD.sys) error that forced me to attempt to reinstall windows via that upgrade disc. This fixed the infinite reboot loop, but I am now *U*N*A*B*L*E* to install ANY of the XP service packs, let alone run windows update OR internet explorer. I'm a student in college, and I NEED a working computer or I will fail my classes. I've already spent 60$ on fancy PC/Windows repair type programs, to no avail. No stores sell XP anymore, windows 7 is coming out in a few days, and I refuse to touch vista with even a 10 foot pole. I'm left with a few options.

1) Wait for windows 7 and spend 350$~
2) Download an illegal copy of Windows XP and use my legal serial number to repair this installation
3) Purchase Vista _now_ for several hundred
4) Buy a legal copy of windows XP via amazon/ebay/etc. and hope it arrives quickly

Either way, I am going to fall behind in my classes because of this issue. What would *you* do, Leo?

Leo, I admire your honesty and principles,it's a shame the companies you are defending don't apply the same.

IT is NOT illegal to download any copy of software full stop what is illegal is using a fake key that in the end is what you pay for the key to activate it hence all the 30/60/90 day evaluations then you can purchase online a key to permanently activate it all software companies usually do this I use allot of Autodesk software you can download all there software which runs in to the thousands of pounds for a free 30 day trail direct from there site its not piracy! and again I have a similar problem I have a laptop with a genuine key but the partition where the back up was kept became corrupt all I’m after is a downloadable copy then I will activate it with the key on my laptop more than likely it will ask me to contact Microsoft because it has already been activated which i have done before on other instillations and all will be sorted! Why should I have to fork out for something I already paid for???

XP can be downloaded freely, each CD image or Physical CD is identical, what Microsoft ask of you to pay is the License Key. In downloading the software you are doing nothing illegal, if however you are using another key (i.e sharing) it is. Though this is quite tricky, unless you wish not to ever use the internet on it, from my understanding. This however could change as hackers beat Microsoft.
The above comment is very true.

P.s Leo please correct your false information on downloading is illegal!!!!!!!!!!

I stand by it. The contents of the media are copyright by Microsoft and I do believe illegal to copy / download. Yes, you're right in that it's kinda pointless without product keys, which are most certainly illegal to copy, crack or give out. But that doesn't somehow legalize the download of the media itself. Personally I think it would be in Microsoft's best interest for formally support, allow and provide downloads of the product, but it's their choice not to.

13-Nov-2009

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