Selling Windows XP

Question

Microsoft

Greetings, Habrasobshchestvo! Here's the situation: about a month ago, a joyful acquaintance called and said that he had bought a licensed Windows from his company. When I came to him, I saw two large packages with Windows XP SP2. Previously, I heard from comrades who are official representatives of Microsoft that support for XP has been discontinued and that they (representatives) do not have the right to install it at all. Only Vista and 7-ku. Therefore, the question arises. Are the versions that my friend bought "normal"? Or is it, to put it mildly, a money scam? I would like to know more from knowledgeable people.

Answer 1

General Support:
* Windows XP Embedded: through January 11, 2011
Extended Support:
* Windows XP SP3: through April 8, 2014
* Windows XP Embedded SP3: through January 12, 2016
Find Microsoft product lifecycle information

Answer 2

If the versions are not OEM and you have all the documents on hand, you have not violated anything. If OEM, read what is written on the boxes.

Answer 3

What is written on them? What version of Windows?

Answer 4

obviously cheating. SP2 will not be sold to you anywhere for a long time.