[captain anode]

I'll stick with XP-PRO until it corrupts itself, and then maybe go to Xandros for $60. :)

I misplaced my Windows XP-PRO disk and product code so I should spend another $280 again. Registration is a one way street for MS.

[Space Wrangler]

I misplaced my Windows XP-PRO disk and product code so I should spend another $280 again. Registration is a one way street for MS.

There are a variety of freeware programs that will extract the product code out of your existing copy of XP. Here's one:

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

[George W. Bush]

I misplaced my Windows XP-PRO disk and product code so I should spend another $280 again.

If you want some help with that, let me know. You don't have to reinstall from your original media again. You can use any WinXP Pro (retail or OEM) that matches your original installation and then enter your license information at the appropriate point (right at the activation prompt).

Not hard to do. Perfectly legal because you own a license to WinXP Pro, not merely a license to that one disk that you lost.

[postaldave]

don't go to xandros. give pclinuxos a try . ver93 was VERY stable and "just works." they are in beta for pclinuxos2007 aka 94 right now and will be done within a few weeks. the beta is very stable on a PC but has some known wireless problems with laptops.