MS EULA, New motherboard, New Case, etc.

[Gerald Hussong]

I am building a computer and need to install my Win XP Pro OS on the new
unit. How is the license transferred from the old to the new? Is there a
procedure to assure Microsoft that the OS has been removed from the old
computer? By the way a registered version of Win 98 will be reinstalled on
thw old syatem. Thanks for your help, Jerry

 

[Guest]

Install it on the new unit and activate. When activating
you may have to use the automated phone system to activate.

 

[kurttrail]

I am building a computer and need to install my Win XP Pro OS on the
new unit. How is the license transferred from the old to the new?
Is there a procedure to assure Microsoft that the OS has been removed
from the old computer? By the way a registered version of Win 98
will be reinstalled on thw old syatem. Thanks for your help, Jerry

It depends what type of XP you have, retail or OEM. According to MS's
retail EULA, you can transfer XP to any computer you want, as long as it
is on one computer. The OEM EULA ties XP to the first computer it is
install on, and can only be tranferred along with that computer. This
is a very simplistic overview, especially when it comes to the OEM EULA
as reads differently between the RTM & SP1 versions.

Excerpt from pre-SP1 OEM Windows XP Pro EULA:

* Software as a Component of the Computer - Transfer. THIS
LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED,
TRANSFERRED TO OR USED CONCURRENTLY
ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS. The SOFTWARE
is licensed with the HARDWARE as a single integrated
product and may only be used with the HARDWARE. If the
SOFTWARE is not accompanied by new HARDWARE, you may
not use the SOFTWARE. You may permanently transfer all
of your rights under this EULA only as part of a
permanent sale or transfer of the HARDWARE, provided
you retain no copies, if you transfer all of the SOFTWARE
(including all component parts, the media and printed
materials, any upgrades, this EULA and the Certificate
of Authenticity), and the recipient agrees to the terms
of this EULA. If the SOFTWARE is an upgrade, any
transfer must also include all prior versions of the
SOFTWARE.


Excerpt from OEM Windows XP Pro SP1 EULA:

* Software as a Component of the Computer - Transfer. THIS
LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED, TRANSFERRED TO OR
USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.
The SOFTWARE is licensed with the COMPUTER as a single
integrated product and may only be used with the COMPUTER. If
the SOFTWARE is not accompanied by HARDWARE, you may not use
the SOFTWARE. You may permanently transfer all of your rights
under this EULA only as part of a permanent sale or transfer
of the COMPUTER, provided you retain no copies, if you
transfer the SOFTWARE (including all component parts, the
media, any upgrades, this EULA and the Certificate of
Authenticity), and the recipient agrees to the terms of this
EULA. If the SOFTWARE is an upgrade, any transfer must also
include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE.

But MS's post-purchase EULA terms are highly suspect legally to begin
with, so I *advise* you find out more info about it, before coming to
any decision to blindly following the words of a convicted predatory
monopolist.

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[kurttrail]

Oops! Forgot to give you the url!

http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not transferable),
simply remove WinXP from the computer it is currently on, and install
it onto the new one. If it's been more than 120 days since you last
activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to
activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you
might have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm


Bruce Chambers

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[Box134]

You have to burn your old hard drive and send the ashes to Microsoft.