Question about Windows XP Home

[Skiz]

Response from seller:

Hello!

The product you received it 100% genuine and legal to use in the USA. It is the Full OEM version and is identical to all the retail versions you could purchase on the shelves at stores like Best Buy. We purchased this product in bulk directly from Microsoft and sometimes they send us things that may be labeled slightly different (like distribution only to certain countries). Microsoft sells these to us when they have a surplus of this product and they have fully authorized the use of these in the USA. Everything is in english and you still can download all the updates directly through Microsoft (there is no difference).
Please feel safe in knowing that both Microsoft & ZTech back your product.

Feel free to email us if you have any other questions at all!

-ZTechSoftware

Well, here goes nothing! Wish me luck. I'll post back with results.

[Virtualbody1234]

Why trust the seller? I wonder what Microsoft would have to say?

[Skiz]

Why trust the seller? I wonder what Microsoft would have to say?

Well, I actually called Microsoft prior to receiving the sellers response:

First person (in India of course) quickly directed me over to tech-support here in the US.

Tech-supportwas quite nice. He said he'd never heard this problem before, but that if the packaging was the same as a US version, that it was indeed the same software, but for tax purposes, it needed to be marked for sale overseas. He wanted me to speak to someone in licensing though, so....

The woman in licensing stated coldly within five seconds that no, the software was different and there was no way it would work.

I think she has to say that as her job is in the licensing division - she's just doing her job. I trust the tech-support guys word more.

I'll soon see though.