rubbish al446
he has a full legal copy on an MS disk, previously unregistered. it doesnt matter what the retailer required in payment for it. he has legal title to it.
i had an issue with a version of MS office, for which i was gifted by the retailer a full version of Office Pro, as well receiving a refund (having detected a specific issue)
its a full legal version, registered to no one but myself and have reinstalled many a time.
sprogget.. call the MS software registration telephone number, they'll ask some dumb ass questions and give you a registration key over the phone.
the activation wizard should give a number .
or look here
Activate your Microsoft games and mapping programs
if you cant find it drop me a pm and i'll dig it out (just downgraded one of the laptops to XPP so it's at hand.
cheers sprogget.