Help, I need to trial windows xp on my mac

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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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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.


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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...

--
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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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