tutor 
Nope,,,,If he formated the drive 1st maybe...was is the format (fat32 or ntfs )
one HD  with C: only ,right ?
they is one file that will give it away it's called msconfig.exe it will not come 
with win2k but it comes with XP  as a default item...if it's on the machine check 
the date .
also the files dates, if they are  12-7-99  (system file dates) it's win2k  unless 
the SP4 was installed,,

But you said you can read the activation key for XP on this machine  ???? or do you 
mean the CD ID #
in the reg file ? 
win2k will not use activation key from MS
what is the 1st  3 numbers and the last 2 numbers (letters)







On Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:26 pm, tutor wrote:

>My customer CLAIMS he installed grabbed the wrong CD and managed to install Windows 

>2000 - thus wiping out Windows XP. There are no traces of Windows XP that I can 
find 

>on this computer. How do I verify his story? On booting up, the menu says there 
is 

>only ONE operating system W2K. Now, I can read the activation key (using Jellybean) 

>- but can you tell by the key if this was originally a Windows XP O/S ? please respond 

>to tutor @ cfl . rr . com

>
 

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