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A retail installation disc for Windows XP will typically require a product key to be answered. Discs supplied with a computer usually have one provided in an answer file and thus the user does not need to be prompted to enter one.

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Up till WIN XP SP2 (Windows XP with Service Pack 2 already embedded) you have to enter the serial key during installation. But in WIN XP SP3, you can skip it and continue using windows for next 30 days.

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No, you can actually get up to 120 days without entering the product key.

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