Moving OEM XP License from one computer to another

[iwhitey]

I bought a computer last year with Windows XP Home installed on it. I
think the only disk it came with was a recovery disk. Anyways, I
would like to upgrade to XP Professional on my computer and move the
XP Home to my daughter's computer. I don't think this is violating
any license agreements. Is this possible considering the Home edition
on my computer is an OEM?

 

[AMSoftware]

Recovery disks tend to only contain a snapshot of the system installed when you
first purchased it. This includes all of the drivers necessary for your
computer. Your daughters computer, if it is not the exact same make and model
as yours, will not be able to load from the recovery disk.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings --

OEM licence's are not transferable.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

OEM recovery disks are designed to only work on the original
computer it came with. It will not install on any other computer.
Besides, the XP Home license becomes part of the Windows XP
Pro Uprade license when you install XP Pro.

Go to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then click
on "End-User License Agreement" and read it.

Also, open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and click on "Questions and Answers about the
End-User License Agreement".

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| I bought a computer last year with Windows XP Home installed on it. I
| think the only disk it came with was a recovery disk. Anyways, I
| would like to upgrade to XP Professional on my computer and move the
| XP Home to my daughter's computer. I don't think this is violating
| any license agreements. Is this possible considering the Home edition
| on my computer is an OEM?

 

[Troy]

With Belarc Advisor I was able to recover my XP keycode

I hope this helps

Troy

 

[Yves Leclerc]

OEM versions do not allow upgrades to be done the the media.

OEM license is not transferable, after the first installation. License is
tied to the first machine the license was installed on.

Y.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings --

The code doesnt matter. OEM licence's are bound to the hardware they are
sold with.

 

[Guest]

Just do it, Swap the hard drives then make a copy, them
swap back.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings --

That will not work. Windows will see that you have changed hardware and
force you to reactivate, it will fail.

 

[Guest]

BS it will not fail. That is crap that you spread around.
Why would it fail ?? Works every time.

 

[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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[Guest]

lol.........mine came with a screw taped to it. Like
Clinton it all depends on what the meaning of a PC is.

 

[Gary Davis]

OEM license is not transferable, after the first installation. License is
tied to the first machine the license was installed on.

Accept it and move on.

 

[kurttrail]

Greetings --

That will not work. Windows will see that you have changed hardware
and force you to reactivate, it will fail.

Yeah, then you phone up MS, tell them what they want to hear, and then
get the activation code.

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[Chris Lanier]

Greetings --

Not it's it's an OEM product key on a different PC.

 

[kurttrail]

OEM license is not transferable, after the first installation.
License is tied to the first machine the license was installed on.

And MS has no way of knowing what actual hardware XP is installed on
unless the End User tells them.

Accept it and move on.

Take your own advise. Accept that most people really don't give a sh*t
about MS's after-purchase pipe dreams, and your & MS's EULA FUD ain't
gonna change anything.

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[kurttrail]

Greetings --

Not it's it's an OEM product key on a different PC.

So? I forced a BIOS-Locked Gateway computer to do activation, and it
went thru smoothly over the internet.

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[Guest]

I swap the drives out of dead laptops everyday. They
activate on anything. I agree with you, the rest of these
ppl just talk cause they have never done it. There is
really no such a thing as BIOS locking. The rescue CD is
tied to the manufacturers BIOS. XP has the SLP, but that
only tells it whether it has to re-activate or not. I
bought 3 pro systems today, they will all activate, np.
The street price on a good Pro key is $30.00, not a gen'ed
key. There plenty of key brokers around, doubt they are in
here though.

 

[Dave]

OEM versions must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally

a motherboard or hard drive,

So, if this joe's machine died but, the hard drive was good. He could move
it over to a new machine as long as he has the hardware that came with the
OEM, right ? At least that is the way it should be.

So, Microsoft's line kind of said that if your OEM machine dies, that you
paid for XP and other apps, you can not move them over to another PC. I
think that is wrong in my eyes, after all you did pay for a machine with XP.

Under Microsoft's word, if your machine dies or becomes unusefull (due to
speed), you have to buy new hardware then spend another $200 on XP when you
already paid for it on your old machine.

Now everyone knows why people download stuff like XP on the internet or
moves to Linux. I understand if someone wanted it to be put on 2 machines
with only one copy, or buy an upgrade and use the old version on another
machine (both wrong) but, if you want to decom the old machine, get new
hardware and only have one machine. That should be right.

Maybe if M$ only charges $20 for a licence after you pay full price for XP
home, then more people would pay for it.

I am by the books with all my software but, I think it's bs the way M$
charges for stuff...

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The OP didn't ask about what we _wished_ software licensing
allowed. If you don't like the terms of Microsoft's licenses you're
perfectly free to use a different product.

The OP saved a substantial amount of money buy purchasing an OEM
license. With that reduced price comes reduced options. This is
simple economics; the OP got exactly what he paid for, and is now in
no position to complain.

Bruce Chambers

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