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[SOLVED] Looking for a rare distribution of Windows XP for an existing license
There is an old industrial computer Compaq EVO 2004 onwards. licensed for XP Professional Service Pack 1 English OEM.
The original discs, unfortunately, have not been preserved.
The task is to install the OS in accordance with the license . The
distribution kit could not be found
copies from MSDN on piratebay - only Gold or starting from SP2
corporate VLSC - only VLK and starting from SP2
rutracker.org - only Russian
Microsoft technical support - "... contact the manufacturer ... "
Thanks in advance for the advice
PS I remind the guardians of copyright - THE LICENSE ALREADY IS, I'm looking only for a rare distribution kit and I continue to honor the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
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btdigg.org/search?info_hash=627f1b2e19ff80851eb92505f14fb0d640a4ff3a&q=XP%20Professional%20English%20OEM
Windows XP Professional SP1 OEM (ENG, Original).iso
7th from the bottom of the list.
Torrent live
Here they are engaged in the restoration of OEM distributions: forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=55&topic=7118
In my experience, in such cases, newer SPs are also perfectly suitable (both technically, as far as I understand, and legally), so you can safely download a newer distro from the same Compaq. I always install from distributions with a built-in up-to-date service pack. I myself had a fleet of Dell computers and a proprietary distro with SP1 for them. So I unpacked it, built in SP3, packed it back and used it like that. It did not stop automatically activating on native computers. Legally, as far as I understand, all license holders for any version of Windows have the full right to use all service packs.
Problems can only be encountered in the case of store (it doesn’t matter, box or OEM) versions of Windows that are not tied to a specific hardware manufacturer and require a serial number and activation - I remember some new service pack versions were incompatible with older ones.
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