Install OEM version on new computer

[Robert M. Lincoln]

I have a Dell machine with WinXP. It's an OEM version.

I plan to make my new machine. Can I use the OEM WinXP and install it on
the new machine (generic, not a Dell)?

Thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a Dell machine with WinXP. It's an OEM version.

I plan to make my new machine. Can I use the OEM WinXP and install
it on the new machine (generic, not a Dell)?

In accordance with the EULA (End Users Licensing Agreement) that comes with
an OEM - no. It is non-transferrable. You *must* purchase a new license to
use on your new system.

That aside - the Dell OEM may not work on anything but a Dell without
modification.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a Dell machine with WinXP. It's an OEM version.

I plan to make my new machine. Can I use the OEM WinXP and install it on
the new machine (generic, not a Dell)?

Thanks

Not legitimately, and probably not technically, either.

Based on your own admission, you have an OEM license for WinXP. An
OEM version must be sold with a non-peripheral piece of hardware
(normally a motherboard or hard drive, if not an entire PC) and is
_permanently_ bound to the first computer on which it's installed. An
OEM license, once installed, is not legitimately transferable to another
computer under _any_ circumstances.

Additionally, to preclude just the sort of casual software piracy
you're asking about, many OEMs take the further precaution of
BIOS-locking their installation and recovery CDs to ensure that they
cannot be installed on any computer other than the specific make/model
with which they're sold.


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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

In accordance with the EULA (End Users Licensing Agreement) that comes
with an OEM - no. It is non-transferrable. You *must* purchase a new
license to use on your new system.

That aside - the Dell OEM may not work on anything but a Dell without
modification.

It probably won't work, either. It's probably keyed to the BIOS.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a Dell machine with WinXP. It's an OEM version.

I plan to make my new machine. Can I use the OEM WinXP and
install it on the new machine (generic, not a Dell)?

In accordance with the EULA (End Users Licensing Agreement) that
comes with an OEM - no. It is non-transferrable. You *must*
purchase a new license to use on your new system.

That aside - the Dell OEM may not work on anything but a Dell
without modification.

It probably won't work, either. It's probably keyed to the BIOS.

Thanks for the re-iteration.