"Alias" wrote:

> Enancer wrote:
> > I have 2 genuine Windows XP Professional CDs. I already installed one of them
> > some time ago. Now I bought a new PC and I wanted to install the second
> > license but I discovered it is in Portuguese instead of English.
> > Can I use the English CD (original) with the Portuguese license number?
>
> No, that would deprive Micro$oft of their ill gained profits and we
> don't want to do that, do we? Why don't you just install a real
> operating system like Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/) and not have to be
> subjected to Micro$oft's restrictions. It's FREE and comes with access
> to thousands of FREE programs. It doesn't need an anti virus program and
> you can install it on as many computers as you like with no worries
> about activation or becoming "genuine". Not only that, the CD you
> download can be installed in hundreds of languages.
>
> Alias
>

"Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately I must work with Windows because of
several other applications that work exclusively on Windows."

Well, so much for your "real operating system like Ubuntu." Funny how real
people who do real work can't use a "real" operating system, and have to
resort to one of those toy operating systems like Windows.