Will my Windowx XP Home Edition serial key work with a downloaded copy of Windows XP Home?

yeah…. The software is just software. The key is validated via internet, that is so long that its a legit key….

why do you think you can DL programs off line and have the company E-mail keys to you?

I was just a bit hesitant to download a Windows XP torrent, but i DO have the legit key, so whatever. Download has already started.

it will be just fine
ive done it before

If you have an OEM key, from an OS that came preloaded on your Dell/HP/whatever, that will not work with a pirated retail disc.

XP Keys corospond to the type of disk they were designed for:

OEM – Royalty OEM (ie Lenovo, HP etc)
Volume License
Retail

A retail key will not activate an OEM disk you need the matching media for the key that you have.

On another note be carefull of torented iso downloads people have been know to spike the images with viruses, etc.

On my desktops tower it says

“Windows XP Home Edition”
“Si”

Any idea what that means? I did a google and couldnt find anything for Si. Doesnt say OEM anywhere.

I chose a torrent with loads of reviews so hopefully I’m okay.

Not sure what the SI stands for, on the desktop can you go to start and right click My Computer and then on the 1st screen it should list the product key, if it does not say OEM I think you have a retail key.

yes

since you’re downloading you might want to grab one with ‘integrated’ in the title so you won’t have to spend orders of magnitude more time installing updates from the base XP home