Reinstalling Windows XP Pro

[Hugh]

Hi there,

I just bought a new machine that came with Windows XP
Home but I have an older machine that is running Windows
XP Pro (which I bought and installed over the old WinME).
I would like to install Windows XP Pro on the new machine
and then install Windows XP Home on the old machine.

How do I move my registered copy of Windows XP to another
machine?? Is this easy to do or do I need to call MS or
what??

(e-mail address removed)

Hugh

 

[K. Morgan]

-----Original Message-----
Hi there,

I just bought a new machine that came with Windows XP
Home but I have an older machine that is running Windows
XP Pro (which I bought and installed over the old WinME).
I would like to install Windows XP Pro on the new machine
and then install Windows XP Home on the old machine.

How do I move my registered copy of Windows XP to another
machine?? Is this easy to do or do I need to call MS or
what??

(e-mail address removed)

Hugh
.

 

[K. Morgan]

-----Original Message-----
Hi there,

I just bought a new machine that came with Windows XP
Home but I have an older machine that is running Windows
XP Pro (which I bought and installed over the old WinME).
I would like to install Windows XP Pro on the new machine
and then install Windows XP Home on the old machine.

How do I move my registered copy of Windows XP to another
machine?? Is this easy to do or do I need to call MS or
what??

(e-mail address removed)

Hugh
.
That would be very problematic. Windows XP, both home

and pro, requires product activation. With product
activation, there is a "score" based upon the hardware in
your computer. The cpu and motherboard and mobo's
components tend to add a lot to this score. If you make
changes to your computer that changes your score by at
least 7 points, you may have to reactivate. My personal
experience with changing a motherboard and cpu rendered
my copy of XP Pro unusable and the customer support
refused to reactivate it, even though I only have one
computer. That said you can do try this, load all the
appropriate drivers for the destination pc on the origin
pc and just simply switch hard drives. I would check
with Microsoft support first because if they won't
reactivate your XP copies then you're out of luck. You
can also buy a new upgrade copy of XP Pro and upgrade XP
home, uninstall the XP Pro on the old machine and then
buy an upgrade copy of XP Home and reupgrade the copy of
Win Me. Sound expensive? You're probably best just
sticking with what you have.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

Hi there,

I just bought a new machine that came with Windows XP
Home but I have an older machine that is running Windows
XP Pro (which I bought and installed over the old WinME).
I would like to install Windows XP Pro on the new machine
and then install Windows XP Home on the old machine.

How do I move my registered copy of Windows XP to another
machine?? Is this easy to do or do I need to call MS or
what??

Sorry, but you may *not* do this. There is no problem moving your
retail copy of Windows XP Professional, but if you have a machine
that came with XP Home, that XP Home is an OEM version; the
license for an OEM version ties it permanently to the first
computer it's installed on and it may never be moved to another.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not transferable),
simply remove WinXP Pro from the computer it is currently on, and
install it onto the new one. If it's been more than 120 days since
you last activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be
able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less,
you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

You cannot, of course, move the OEM WinXP Home to the older
computer. An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware
(normally a motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and is
_permanently_ bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM
license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another
computer under _any_ circumstances. Once you've purchased a retail
upgrade license for WinXP Home to use on the older computer, simply
upgrade the original WinMe.



Bruce Chambers
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[sgopus]

If you have an install cd, NOT a recovery CD, then it's
easy.

if you don't have either an install cd or recovery cd.
then you will have to purchase one, The install cd I mean.

 

[Al Smith]

Windows XP, both home

and pro, requires product activation. With product
activation, there is a "score" based upon the hardware in
your computer. The cpu and motherboard and mobo's
components tend to add a lot to this score. If you make
changes to your computer that changes your score by at
least 7 points, you may have to reactivate. My personal
experience with changing a motherboard and cpu rendered
my copy of XP Pro unusable and the customer support
refused to reactivate it, even though I only have one
computer.

Bloody hell. I hope you were outraged, and downloaded a hack to
reactivate XP on your own.

 

[Tom]

Bloody hell. I hope you were outraged, and downloaded a hack to reactivate
XP on your own.

Well, if this situation happened this simply, then I would agree with you.
But, the person doesn't offer much in detail to their actual versions of XP
(being retail or OEM). In any case, though I wouldn't say it is impossible,
I doubt very highly that they were refused anything of this sort, unless a
certain condition applied.

 

[Hugh]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the input. That makes perfect sense. I do have
the retail version of XP Pro, so there is no problem
there. I'll just buy an upgrade copy of XP home to
install on the older machine. Of course, if the
difference is little enough, I might just buy an upgrade
copy of WinXP Pro. Then I will be good to go on both
machines.

Oh, I have another question that you might know something
about. Does IIS come bundled somewhere with XP Pro or
does IIS only come with one of the server products??

Hugh

WinME).

Sorry, but you may *not* do this. There is no problem moving your
retail copy of Windows XP Professional, but if you have a machine
that came with XP Home, that XP Home is an OEM version; the
license for an OEM version ties it permanently to the first
computer it's installed on and it may never be moved to

another.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the input.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

That makes perfect sense. I do have
the retail version of XP Pro, so there is no problem
there. I'll just buy an upgrade copy of XP home to
install on the older machine. Of course, if the
difference is little enough, I might just buy an upgrade
copy of WinXP Pro.

There may be no advantage to your getting XP Professional. Be
aware that XP Professional and XP Home are exactly the same in
all respects, except that Professional has a few features (mostly
related to networking and security) missing from Home. For most
(but not all) home users, these features aren't needed, would
never be used, and buying Professional instead of Home is a waste
of money.

For details go to

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note that Professional allows ten concurrent network
connections, and Home only five.

Then I will be good to go on both
machines.

Oh, I have another question that you might know something
about. Does IIS come bundled somewhere with XP Pro or
does IIS only come with one of the server products??

IIS Comes with XP Professional, but not XP Home.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I just bought a new machine that came with Windows XP
Home but I have an older machine that is running Windows
XP Pro (which I bought and installed over the old WinME).
I would like to install Windows XP Pro on the new machine
and then install Windows XP Home on the old machine.

How do I move my registered copy of Windows XP to another
machine?? Is this easy to do or do I need to call MS or
what??

It will not be permitted to install that XP home onto a different
machine - it is licensed as part of the machine it came on and no other.
You could use your XP Pro upgrade CD to upgrade the new one (probably -
if it is not too heavy on proprietary hardware) but that would mean
removing it from the machine where it is; leaving that with nothing
except the old ME

 

[hermes]

Hi there,

I just bought a new machine that came with Windows XP
Home but I have an older machine that is running Windows
XP Pro (which I bought and installed over the old WinME).
I would like to install Windows XP Pro on the new machine
and then install Windows XP Home on the old machine.

How do I move my registered copy of Windows XP to another
machine?? Is this easy to do or do I need to call MS or
what??

(e-mail address removed)

Hugh

See this link before you do anything else Hugh, and then decide on your
own how you are going to use your copy of WinXP in the privacy of your
own home.
http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/


--
hermes
DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties!
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
http://anti-dmca.org/
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.php

Windows XP crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

 

[Al Smith]

I just bought a new machine that came with Windows XP Home but I have an older machine that is running Windows XP Pro (which I bought and installed over the old WinME). I would like to install Windows XP Pro on the new machine and then install Windows XP Home on the old machine.

See this link before you do anything else Hugh, and then decide on your own how you are going to use your copy of WinXP in the privacy of your own home.
http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/

Hugh got no problem at all, buddy. You're allowed by Mamma
Microsoft to move a copy of XP from one computer to another,
provided you take it off the old computer when you do so. So you
can swap the two copies of XP without any need to feel that you've
sinned against the high priests of Redmond. Just call up Ms and do
the Product Activation dance ... twice.

 

[Tom]

Hugh got no problem at all, buddy. You're allowed by Mamma Microsoft to
move a copy of XP from one computer to another, provided you take it off
the old computer when you do so. So you can swap the two copies of XP
without any need to feel that you've sinned against the high priests of
Redmond. Just call up Ms and do the Product Activation dance ... twice.

LOL!