Actually your Dell CD may work on her Dell, I didn't catch the part where
both were Dell. Run it and see what happens, if it's successful you'll get
to the desktop without it asking to activate.

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"peewee" <peewee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank's to all, just called Dell and they told me my cd is no good on
> another
> computer, so I will order one for my sisters computer.
>
> "David B." wrote:
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>> It depends on what yours is, it needs to be an actual Microsoft OEM CD of
>> the same version (Home or Pro) that is provided on the product key
>> sticker
>> on the Dell.
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>> "peewee" <peewee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > My sisters computer is running very slow so I tried the systems restore
>> > and
>> > that did not work, so I am thinking of reinstalling XP, the problem is
>> > she
>> > does not have the reinstallation cd. I have mine but is about three
>> > years
>> > older, will I be able to use mine, or should she try to get one from
>> > Dell?
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