I have a 4 year old HP running windows XP home. By this time the registry looks like a junkyard and there are all sorts of semi known and hard to distinguish processes running that don’t seem to connect to any actual functions. And the computer has slowed dramatically. I’m thinking about a windows reinstall. The problem is the computer did not come with a set of installation disks- foolish me. It does have a valid windows certificate label on the case with the requisite numbers. Can I take a set of windows XP disks (borrowed, perhaps) and reinstall using my certiifcation code or do I have to obtain the disks from HP? I’m not planning to upgrade this machine to Vista at this point.
