Windows XP - Installing & Checking for License


Laptops are usually shipped with pre-installed windows XP. The Windows within them is OEM and licensed. So there is not need to install Windows again on the same machine. Moreover you can update windows from Control Panel->Windows Update (On the left banner). This will scan your machine and install all the required updates.

There is Windows XP SP2 available on the internet. Try updating your machine by using Windows update from Control Panel.

To check whether the windows installation on your machine is licensed, try the following steps:

Open System properties by pressing Windows+Break button together. Here you will see the information about your machine. Also Registered to: area shows to whom your windows is registered. Moreover you will also find a product key having format something like this

55274-640-8252092-23317
?????-64?-???????-?????

Check that if your product key contains any number other than 640 means that your windows is not licensed. If it is 640 than this indicates that your windows is licensed.

In case you need to re-install windows, just install it using any CD from the market. Don’t forget to use the drivers as provided by the laptop vendor. It is likely that Windows XP will install all required drivers by itself, but still to be on the safer side keep the driver’s CD with you.

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