Re: I don't want to activate MS Windows Server 2003

Hello damezumari,

Make sure the Windows XP is an installation disk and doesn't contain only
the .iso file, when you have download it somewhere.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I just inherited a hard disk with MS Windows Server 2003 installed,
> but not activated. I would like to install Windows XP on it, but how?
>
> I can't log in as it requires me to activate MS Windows Server 2003
> and I don't have the activation code, neither do I want to activate
> it.
>
> What do I do?
>
> I will be happy to reformat the hard disk, but how? In BIOS I set it
> up to read the CD before the hard disk, but even with the Windows XP
> CD in the CD drive nothing happens. All I get is a blinking hyphen in
> the upper-left corner.
>
> What to do?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan Nordgreen
>