Licensing XP on new machine

[Jim P]

I currently have 5 computers, 4 with XP installed from
the hardware vendor. I just bought XP Pro. Can I take XP
Home from one of my current machines and install it on my
one Win98 machine and install XP Pro in its place? How?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi, If its a retail copy of XP Home then yes. if OEM (installed on the PC
when you bought it) then no.

 

[Guest]

Just do it, you should be able to re-install it as many
times as you want. It will activate on-line every 120
days otherwise you have to use the automated activation.
After say two installs you'll talk to someone tell them
anything you want.

Info Here;

http://www.microscum.com Long live Kurt

 

[Guest]

Jim,
You can't move the original license from one machine to another (OEM license).



----- Jim P wrote: -----

I currently have 5 computers, 4 with XP installed from
the hardware vendor. I just bought XP Pro. Can I take XP
Home from one of my current machines and install it on my
one Win98 machine and install XP Pro in its place? How?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You certainly can, if you like, replace the WinXP Home with WinXP
Pro. However, if that copy of WinXP Home came pre-installed on the
PC -- and it certainly sounds that way from your description, then you
have an OEM license. An OEM license is _permanently_ bound to the
first PC on which it was installed, and is *not* transferable to any
other PC, under any circumstances. It may be removed, but not re-used
elsewhere.


Bruce Chambers

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[S.Sengupta]

Hi,
if it's OEM then you can't.But if retail then you can.
regards,
ssg MS MVP

 

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