Re[2]: [ltp] XP Key doesn't work!

[Dax Kelson]

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 14:22, Nick Bower wrote:
> > The key on the sticker at the bottom of the laptop won't work. I
> > didn't try a retail XP CD yet with it - perhaps this would work?
> 
> This was the subject of the original post - the key on the sticker on
> the bottom of the laptop doesn't work with an XP retail CD.  Entirely
> unexpected it was :(  You'd think I legally purchased a copy of XP to
> install how I want...

It is trivial to change a retail XP CD image to an OEM one (and vice
versa) with some small changes to a text file in the i386 directory.

I've never done this, but I've heard about it. Google should have an
answer.