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Will XP Pro Work With XP MCE COA?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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If I buy an XP Pro OEM disc to replace my installation of XP MCE, will the installation work properly with the COA that is found on the bottom of my Dell?
I can't believe Windows users put up with this crap, but. . .
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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Originally Posted by Big Mac 
If I buy an XP Pro OEM disc to replace my installation of XP MCE, will the installation work properly with the COA that is found on the bottom of my Dell?
I can't believe Windows users put up with this crap, but. . .
No, I don't think so.
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8 Core 2.8 ghz Mac Pro/GF8800/2 23" Cinema Displays, 3.06 ghz Macbook Pro
Once you wanted revolution, now you're the institution, how's it feel to be the man?
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2005
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Nope, even though MCE is just Pro with some extra addons.
If you have a valid license on your laptop then I would just borrow or download an MCE disc. Microsoft already has your money and you a legal license.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Northwest Ohio
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Originally Posted by seanc
Nope, even though MCE is just Pro with some extra addons.
...and a few of the "Pro" features disabled, like joining domains.
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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It seems to me I read somewhere that COAs were at least "edition specific." Home COAs did not appear to work with Pro discs and so on. This makes sense from a marketing standpoint, since otherwise you could buy a lower cost COA and a cheap copy of a higher cost OS and get out of paying for the OS you were installing.
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