Guest Vissimo Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Hello, I wonder if you can help. I just bought a Mac and downloaded a trial version of parallels to run windows XP. However its asking for an XP product key which I do not have. I do not want to buy Windows yet until I know it works, so I need a trial key. I have searched the website for this, does anyone know how I can get this/ Thanks very much.
Guest philo Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Re: Help, I need to trial windows xp on my mac "Vissimo" <Vissimo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AA2E91F2-34BE-47D3-B727-BFFEB31CB066@microsoft.com... > Hello, I wonder if you can help. I just bought a Mac and downloaded a trial > version of parallels to run windows XP. However its asking for an XP product > key which I do not have. I do not want to buy Windows yet until I know it > works, so I need a trial key. > > I have searched the website for this, does anyone know how I can get this/ > > Thanks very much. You will need to get a legal copy of XP. The fact that you are at least able to begin the installation means that your version of "parallels" is working ok
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Re: Help, I need to trial windows xp on my mac "Vissimo" <Vissimo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AA2E91F2-34BE-47D3-B727-BFFEB31CB066@microsoft.com... > Hello, I wonder if you can help. I just bought a Mac and downloaded a > trial > version of parallels to run windows XP. However its asking for an XP > product > key which I do not have. I do not want to buy Windows yet until I know it > works, so I need a trial key. > > I have searched the website for this, does anyone know how I can get this/ > > Thanks very much. If you are genuinely trialling the product and have no intention of actually continuing to use the trial version, then you can use any product key that is valid for that version of XP. Just don't activate it (you can't anyway if the key is in use by someone else). It will run for 30 days before it locks out. I am not suggesting that this is necessarily strictly legal, but if you remove it after 30 days or buy a legit copy and install that, I don't think Microsoft will do much about it.
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 Re: Help, I need to trial windows xp on my mac Vissimo wrote: > Hello, I wonder if you can help. I just bought a Mac and downloaded a trial > version of parallels to run windows XP. However its asking for an XP product > key which I do not have. I do not want to buy Windows yet until I know it > works, so I need a trial key. > > I have searched the website for this, does anyone know how I can get this/ > There's no such thing as a trial version of WinXP. If you want to use it, you'll need to buy (or steal) it. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
Guest Plato Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: Help, I need to trial windows xp on my mac =?Utf-8?B?Vmlzc2ltbw==?= wrote: > > Hello, I wonder if you can help. I just bought a Mac and downloaded a trial > version of parallels to run windows XP. However its asking for an XP product > key which I do not have. I do not want to buy Windows yet until I know it > works, so I need a trial key. I dont believe Microsoft offers a free trial of their operating systems. grin, I wonder if they did, what would happen... -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest John John (MVP) Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: Help, I need to trial windows xp on my mac Plato wrote: > =?Utf-8?B?Vmlzc2ltbw==?= wrote: > >>Hello, I wonder if you can help. I just bought a Mac and downloaded a trial >>version of parallels to run windows XP. However its asking for an XP product >>key which I do not have. I do not want to buy Windows yet until I know it >>works, so I need a trial key. > > > I dont believe Microsoft offers a free trial of their operating systems. Of course they do. Server evaluation versions are available and Windows XP 64-bit evaluation was available. > grin, I wonder if they did, what would happen... People try it, they like it and they buy it. The don't like it they don't buy it. Most of the evaluation versions are fully functional for 180 days. Some unwitting users try it, build it up and get used or rely on it then at the approaching deadline they have become reliant on the trial version then they scramble to buy the functional version because they have too much (work) to lose if they allow the evaluation to expire. John
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