"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
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> Per the posts, your only legal option is to purchase an XP recovery disk
> from the oem... if that is even possible.
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That is not true. You can legally buy, and install, an OEM version of the
OS from any system builder willing to sell to you. Or can I look forward to
MS's storm troopers showing up on my doorstep?