transfer of registration

I purchased an XP Professional upgrade some time back, and
am no longer using that Computer. Can I give the XP
upgrade to a family member, and allow him to reregister it
in his own name, as long as it is only being run on one PC?

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

> I purchased an XP Professional upgrade some time back, and
> am no longer using that Computer. Can I give the XP
> upgrade to a family member, and allow him to reregister it
> in his own name, as long as it is only being run on one PC?

Not if it's still on the old PC.

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The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the Registry and
data files regularly, and especially before making any changes to their
PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware scans. I am not
liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the reader using advice
posted here.

>-----Original Message-----
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>
>> I purchased an XP Professional upgrade some time back,
and
>> am no longer using that Computer. Can I give the XP
>> upgrade to a family member, and allow him to reregister
it
>> in his own name, as long as it is only being run on one
PC?
>
>Not if it's still on the old PC.
>
>-- Nope - Old PC is in the junkpile
>The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the
Registry and
>data files regularly, and especially before making any
changes to their
>PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware
scans. I am not
>liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the reader
using advice
>posted here.
>
>.
>

Remove the OS from the old system and then yes, you can give the person the
CD, PK/Certificate of Authenticity and they can legally install it on their
own system. This assumes that what you bought was indeed a Retail Upgrade
(or Full) version (NOT an OEM version).

--

Regards,
Len Segal, MCP
Microsoft - MVP
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>I purchased an XP Professional upgrade some time back, and
> am no longer using that Computer. Can I give the XP
> upgrade to a family member, and allow him to reregister it
> in his own name, as long as it is only being run on one PC?