Install pre-installed XP on other computers in same household?

[Guest]

Please advise if Microsoft allows intall of XP OS installed on a Dell
purchased machine on another machine in the same household (son has 2 PCs).

Otherwise, any problems related with upgrading from Windows 95 to XP?

All licensed copies. Thanks

 

[Gordon]

Please advise if Microsoft allows intall of XP OS installed on a Dell
purchased machine on another machine in the same household (son has 2
PCs).

Otherwise, any problems related with upgrading from Windows 95 to XP?

All licensed copies. Thanks

A pre-installed version of XP is OEM and cannot be installed on any other
machine.

 

[Jim Macklin]

You can install XP retail upgrade to a W95 machine as a
clean install and use the W95 CD as proof to allow the
upgrade, but a W95 era machine is likely to be incapable of
running XP due to old hardware. With the cost of a retail
upgrade CD at about $100 and the cost of more RAM, a big
enough hard drive, etc you are going to spend about what a
budget Dell P4 machine costs.


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| jennifer wrote:
| > Please advise if Microsoft allows intall of XP OS
installed on a Dell
| > purchased machine on another machine in the same
household (son has 2
| > PCs).
| >
| > Otherwise, any problems related with upgrading from
Windows 95 to XP?
| >
| > All licensed copies. Thanks
|
| A pre-installed version of XP is OEM and cannot be
installed on any other
| machine.
|
|

 

[Guest]

Can I install 95 on the current PC then purchase the upgrade to XP for the
update? Thanks!

 

[Gordon]

Can I install 95 on the current PC then purchase the upgrade to XP
for the update? Thanks!

No need to install Windows 95 as long as you have the CD. The XP install
routine will ask you for proof of licence , ie the W95 CD.

 

[Jim Macklin]

Yes, if the W95 is not an OEM that was installed on an old
computer when you bought it. When you say "current PC"
perhaps you should list the players so we can tell which
computer has what install and what license.
1 "current PC
2 New PC
3 Kid second PC
or what ever.
I'm lost about which computer you have and what is
installed.


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| Can I install 95 on the current PC then purchase the
upgrade to XP for the
| update? Thanks!
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > You can install XP retail upgrade to a W95 machine as a
| > clean install and use the W95 CD as proof to allow the
| > upgrade, but a W95 era machine is likely to be incapable
of
| > running XP due to old hardware. With the cost of a
retail
| > upgrade CD at about $100 and the cost of more RAM, a big
| > enough hard drive, etc you are going to spend about what
a
| > budget Dell P4 machine costs.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > | > | jennifer wrote:
| > | > Please advise if Microsoft allows intall of XP OS
| > installed on a Dell
| > | > purchased machine on another machine in the same
| > household (son has 2
| > | > PCs).
| > | >
| > | > Otherwise, any problems related with upgrading from
| > Windows 95 to XP?
| > | >
| > | > All licensed copies. Thanks
| > |
| > | A pre-installed version of XP is OEM and cannot be
| > installed on any other
| > | machine.
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
| >

 

[Ken Blake]

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No need to install Windows 95 as long as you have the CD. The
XP
install routine will ask you for proof of licence , ie the W95
CD.

Yes, but it's more than "no need." When it comes to Windows 95,
you can *not* upgrade to XP over the top of it, the way you can
with more recent versions. You can only use the 95 CD as proof of
ownership of an earlier version.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Please advise if Microsoft allows intall of XP OS installed on a Dell
purchased machine on another machine in the same household (son has 2 PCs).

Otherwise, any problems related with upgrading from Windows 95 to XP?

All licensed copies. Thanks

No, of course not. Just as it says, right on the box, you'll need
to purchase a separate WinXP license for each computer on which you
install it.

First of all, you have an OEM license for WinXP. 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.

Secondly, as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on which it
is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to determine
final applicability in your locale.) The only way in which WinXP
licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows is that
Microsoft has finally added a copy protection and anti-theft mechanism,
Product Activation, to prevent (or at least make more difficult)
multiple installations using a single license.

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[Gordon]

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Yes, but it's more than "no need." When it comes to Windows 95,
you can *not* upgrade to XP over the top of it, the way you can
with more recent versions. You can only use the 95 CD as proof of
ownership of an earlier version.

No you cannot "upgrade in situ" but you CAN do a clean install.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Please advise if Microsoft allows intall of XP OS installed on a Dell
purchased machine on another machine in the same household (son has 2 PCs).

No it does not. A: no version may be installed to more than one
machine, and B: one that came on that DEL is tied to that machine, dies
with it and may not even be transferred

Otherwise, any problems related with upgrading from Windows 95 to XP?

You can't upgrade a win95 to XP, though you can use a 95 CD as evidence
of eligibility in doing a clean install with an XP Upgrade CD. But a 95
machine is unlikely to come anywhere near sensible specs for running XP