Hardware Upgrade & activation

[sean]

I am getting ready to install a new motherboard, ram,
intel cpu and use my hard drives off my current running
machine that is using windows xp pro oem.
I need to keep the current machine that has XP pro on it
running (for work purposes) while I build the new machine
consisting of the new motherboard, ram, intel cpu and one
of the hard drives off another machine.

Can I keep both machines working with XP pro until I have
fully migrated my work to the new upgraded box?
Will I have to reactivate?

I plan on using the old mobo, ram, and amd chip for a
Linux server.

thanks
sean

 

[Guest]

Yes,Just do it. Don't worry about the crap you hear in
here from all the MS Brown Nosers.

 

[kurttrail]

I am getting ready to install a new motherboard, ram,
intel cpu and use my hard drives off my current running
machine that is using windows xp pro oem.
I need to keep the current machine that has XP pro on it
running (for work purposes) while I build the new machine
consisting of the new motherboard, ram, intel cpu and one
of the hard drives off another machine.

Can I keep both machines working with XP pro until I have
fully migrated my work to the new upgraded box?
Will I have to reactivate?

I plan on using the old mobo, ram, and amd chip for a
Linux server.

thanks
sean

According to MS, you can't move OEM WinXP to a new computer, let alone
run it concurrently on two computers.

It can be done without MS being any the wiser, but MS doesn't allow it
according to it's OEM EULA and post-EULA policies.

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[SEAN]

-----Original Message-----
Yes,Just do it. Don't worry about the crap you hear in
here from all the MS Brown Nosers.

The thing I am worried about is I need one working
machine at all times for work.
I can't afford to have any down time (while loading
software, downloading updates etc...)
Can I run both machines on my network while I finish
hardware software upgrade process?

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am getting ready to install a new motherboard, ram,
intel cpu and use my hard drives off my current running
machine that is using windows xp pro oem.
I need to keep the current machine that has XP pro on it
running (for work purposes) while I build the new machine
consisting of the new motherboard, ram, intel cpu and one
of the hard drives off another machine.

Can I keep both machines working with XP pro until I have
fully migrated my work to the new upgraded box?
Will I have to reactivate?

If your present XP is an OEM one, it is licensed solely to the machine
where first installed, and you may *not* transfer it to another machine,
at all. There does not seem any way that you could pass this situation
off as upgrading hardware components of an existing machine

 

[kurttrail]

Alex Nichol wrote:

There does not seem any way that you could pass
this situation off as upgrading hardware components of an existing
machine

Unless it's been over 120 days since XP was last activated, or you just
tell the PA phone rep that it is just an upgrade. There doesn't not
seem to be a way for MS to stop it, unless the End User is a fool.

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[Gary Tait]

Alex Nichol wrote:



Unless it's been over 120 days since XP was last activated, or you just
tell the PA phone rep that it is just an upgrade. There doesn't not
seem to be a way for MS to stop it, unless the End User is a fool.

From what I can tell, part of the codes you supply the MS operator
contain the product code, including the fact it is an OEM version.

 

[kurttrail]

From what I can tell, part of the codes you supply the MS operator
contain the product code, including the fact it is an OEM version.

So MS can figure out that XP is OEM, but they can't tell what hardware
that OEM XP is installed on.

"Microsoft Product Activation uses a hash algorithm to generate the
hardware identifier and does not scan the customer's hard drive, detect
any personal information, or determine the make, model or manufacturer
of the PC or its components." -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/mpafaq.asp

"The hardware hash value is a nonunique representation of the PC on
which the software was installed. It is called a hash value because it
has no direct correlation to the PC and cannot be backward-calculated to
the original value." -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/mpafaq.asp

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why is that it's the people who like to advise others to lie and
steal almost invariably hide behind the CDO's anonymous interface?
Could it be that they're ashamed of themselves and their "opinions?"

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Actually, you really should read your EULA. You'll find that what
you're contemplating _is_ expressly prohibited by the EULA.

OEM versions must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally
a motherboard or hard drive, if not an entire PC, although Microsoft
has greatly relaxed the hardware criteria for WinXP) and are
_permanently_ bound to the first PC on which they are installed. An
OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another
computer under _any_ circumstances.


Bruce Chambers

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