Can I use Win XP on new computer

[Guest]

Hello:
Sorry, but I am kind of a newbie. Here is the story. I have a Dell desktop
with a corrupted version Win ME (OEM) installed. I am not sure how this
happened, but I have no other choice but to do a clean install.

Anyway, my son had a Dell laptop which he "blew up". This laptop had Win XP
(OEM) installed by Dell. Anyway, since that computer is no longer alive, can
I install the Win XP Pro on the desktop. Remember, that the computer that the
XP Pro was installed on is no longer in service.

It seems to me that, since I paid for the Win XP Pro, and am no longer using
that license, that I have the right to put the OS on another computer.
However, I do wish to be legal. Thanks.

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

OEM Software is born, lives and dies with the first computer installed - so
to answer your question, according to the EULA for OEM software - no.

 

[peter]

Legally ...........no
practically.........yes
peter

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No, you cannot do this. An OEM license, once installed, is not
legally transferable to another computer under any circumstances.
This is the main reason some people avoid OEM versions; if the PC dies
or is otherwise disposed of (even stolen), you cannot re-use your OEM
license on a new PC.

Bruce Chambers
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[Len Segal]

Peter,

"Practically . . . . .NO" is the right answer here too.

The Dell laptop had a CUSTOMIZED OEM OS on that CD and will NOT be
compatible on the Dell Desktop! Even if it does install (highly doubtful),
it is likely to cause crashes and other problems down the line.

Dell Customizes all it's OEM OSes and thus they can't be used on a different
mfr or "type" (desktop, laptop, server) of machine.

So in this case it is both illegal and impractical.

And for the OP, you do NOT BUY SOFTWARE! You only buy a "license" (right to
use it) to use it under the conditions as specified by the mfr. This is a
"one way" contract, we don't get to negotiate the terms . . . it is a "take
it or leave it" proposition.