Windows Xp Pro instalation

[Poker9851]

I pruchased a Brand new copy of Windows Xp Pro and installed it on My home
desk top computer , a month later my computer bit the dust and I bought a new
one . My question is how can I install My new copy of windows xp pro on a new
laptop I bought and get the service pack up dates ?
Thank You for
any Help
John Fetzner

 

[Alias]

I pruchased a Brand new copy of Windows Xp Pro and installed it on My home
desk top computer , a month later my computer bit the dust and I bought a new
one . My question is how can I install My new copy of windows xp pro on a new
laptop I bought and get the service pack up dates ?
Thank You for
any Help
John Fetzner

If it's a retail copy, yes. If it's a generic OEM copy, you're not
supposed to do it but if it's been over 120 days since you last
activated, no one will be the wiser except you.

Alias

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I pruchased a Brand new copy of Windows Xp Pro and installed it on My home
desk top computer , a month later my computer bit the dust and I bought a new
one . My question is how can I install My new copy of windows xp pro on a new
laptop I bought and get the service pack up dates ?
Thank You for
any Help
John Fetzner

Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not legitimately
transferable), simply remove WinXP from the computer it is currently on
and then install it on the new computer. If it's been more than 120
days since you last activated that specific Product Key, the 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.


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

I pruchased a Brand new copy of Windows Xp Pro

Did you buy a retail copy or an OEM copy?

and installed it on My home
desk top computer , a month later my computer bit the dust and I bought a new
one . My question is how can I install My new copy of windows xp pro on a new
laptop I bought

If you bought a retail copy, yes. If you bought an OEM copy, no.

The single biggest disadvantage of an OEM copy is that its license
ties it permanently to the first computer it's installed on. It can
never be moved to another, not even if the original one dies.

For that reason, I think OEM copies of Windows XP are very poor value,
and I always recommend the retail upgrade, which usually costs only
slightly more, instead. And despite what some people think, an upgrade
copy *can* do a clean installation as long as you own a CD of a
previous qualifying version to show it as proof of ownership when
prompted. Most people have a Windows 98 CD around, but worst case, if
you don't, you can buy one inexpensively someplace like eBay.

 

[Alias]

Did you buy a retail copy or an OEM copy?




If you bought a retail copy, yes. If you bought an OEM copy, no.

The single biggest disadvantage of an OEM copy is that its license
ties it permanently to the first computer it's installed on. It can
never be moved to another, not even if the original one dies.

For that reason, I think OEM copies of Windows XP are very poor value,
and I always recommend the retail upgrade, which usually costs only
slightly more, instead. And despite what some people think, an upgrade
copy *can* do a clean installation as long as you own a CD of a
previous qualifying version to show it as proof of ownership when
prompted. Most people have a Windows 98 CD around, but worst case, if
you don't, you can buy one inexpensively someplace like eBay.

Correction: you're not supposed to move a generic OEM copy of XP but, in
practice, you can do it if it's been over 120 days since the last
activation. It goes against the EULA but who really cares about that
besides the MVP suck ups and Redmond?

Alias

 

[Alias]

(OEM licenses are not legitimately

transferable),

If and when Microsoft takes someone to court for moving a generic OEM
copy of XP, we will know if moving it is "legitimate" or not. MS may
write the EULAs but they don't make or enforce the law.

Alias

 

[HeyBub]

Correction: you're not supposed to move a generic OEM copy of XP but,
in practice, you can do it if it's been over 120 days since the last
activation. It goes against the EULA but who really cares about that
besides the MVP suck ups and Redmond?

Alias

"Who cares...?" The honest, the fair, the righteous, those destined for
heaven since their conception.

Among those who DON'T care we find the goblins, the criminals, the do-bads
and evil-doers, the squints, the slopes, the goats, the mean, the selfish,
the greedy, the perfidious, the shoddy rat-bag of nit-pickers, cut-purses,
pokenoses, blow-hards, four-flushers and athletes of the tongue, most Linux
users, and some Democrats. And my ex-wife.

 

[thinman]

I pruchased a Brand new copy of Windows Xp Pro and installed it on My home
desk top computer , a month later my computer bit the dust and I bought a new
one . My question is how can I install My new copy of windows xp pro on a new
laptop I bought and get the service pack up dates ?
Thank You for
any Help
John Fetzner

You don't mention what OS came with the new laptop, so, if it came with a
version
of XP on it, should be no problem. Most of the newer laptops are designed to
work
with Vista; therefore, you may or may not find drivers that work with the
laptop hardware.

 

[Daave]

The single biggest disadvantage of an OEM copy is that its license
ties it permanently to the first computer it's installed on. It can
never be moved to another, not even if the original one dies.

For that reason, I think OEM copies of Windows XP are very poor value,
and I always recommend the retail upgrade, which usually costs only
slightly more, instead. And despite what some people think, an upgrade
copy *can* do a clean installation as long as you own a CD of a
previous qualifying version to show it as proof of ownership when
prompted. Most people have a Windows 98 CD around, but worst case, if
you don't, you can buy one inexpensively someplace like eBay.

Although most people may have a Windows 98 CD lying around, I'll bet
most of these disks are OEM copies and therefore non-transferrable.
Sure, someone can try this method and it will work. It's just that it
violates the license agreement. Just like if someone transfers an OEM
version of XP.

 

[Daave]

"Who cares...?" The honest, the fair, the righteous, those destined
for heaven since their conception.

Among those who DON'T care we find the goblins, the criminals, the
do-bads and evil-doers, the squints, the slopes, the goats, the mean,
the selfish, the greedy, the perfidious, the shoddy rat-bag of
nit-pickers, cut-purses, pokenoses, blow-hards, four-flushers and
athletes of the tongue, most Linux users, and some Democrats. And my
ex-wife.

She's a Republican now.

 

[Alias]

"Who cares...?" The honest, the fair, the righteous, those destined for
heaven since their conception.

IOW, the MVP suck ups and Redmond.

Among those who DON'T care we find the goblins, the criminals, the do-bads
and evil-doers, the squints, the slopes, the goats, the mean, the selfish,
the greedy, the perfidious, the shoddy rat-bag of nit-pickers, cut-purses,
pokenoses, blow-hards, four-flushers and athletes of the tongue, most Linux
users, and some Democrats. And my ex-wife.

No, those who, for some strange reason, think they can do what they want
with what the buy in the privacy of their home backed up by most
civilized countries' laws.

Alias

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Although most people may have a Windows 98 CD lying around, I'll bet
most of these disks are OEM copies and therefore non-transferrable.

Then buy one that's not OEM. As I said, they are very inexpensive.

 

[HeyBub]

IOW, the MVP suck ups and Redmond.


No, those who, for some strange reason, think they can do what they
want with what the buy in the privacy of their home backed up by most
civilized countries' laws.

You mean like cook meth, counterfeit currency, store dynamite, dismember
children, play rap music at obscene volumes, have more than a handful of
spouses, practice surgery, grow Marijuana, or ask someone "May I have your
beets?"

 

[Alias]

You mean like cook meth, counterfeit currency, store dynamite, dismember
children, play rap music at obscene volumes, have more than a handful of
spouses, practice surgery, grow Marijuana, or ask someone "May I have your
beets?"

No, that's not what I mean.

Alias