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How much is an XP COA?

fuzzgun19
fuzzgun19 Posts: 7,767 Forumite
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I have bought an XP Pro disk OEM, and it has no COA with it.

Does anyone know how mush it would cost to buy just the COA from Microsoft?
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  • Little_John
    Little_John Posts: 4,033 Forumite
    Why buy a windows CD without licence?
    The cost of a licence varies between products XP home is about $99 XP pro is £150 I think.
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    You're essentially only paying for the coa anyway, so you're not going to get it any cheaper without the actual software. The disk should have still come with a serial number (which is essentially the COA), otherwise take it back. When I bought my XP Pro OEM, it came with the little official sticker with serial number/COA to stick on pc case, if you don't have that then you didn't get what you paid for as it's the serial number that your giving over your money for.
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