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
the old system. Thanks for your help, Gerald

 

[cimex]

After you install XP on the new system, it will ask to be activated. If it
has been over 120 days since the last activation, you may be able to
activate over the internet. Otherwise, you can do it by phone. Since only
one hardware "fingerprint" can be assigned to a given Product Key, and you
will have removed XP from the old machine, MS will have no issues with what
you have done. If a phone call is required, you will simply explain that you
moved the XP to a new machine.

 

[Steve C. Ray]

If the XP is a retail version it can be installed on the new computer, if it
is OEM it is licensed for only the unit on which it was first installed.

 

[Steve C. Ray]

If the XP is a retail version it can be installed on the new computer, if it
is OEM it is licensed for only the unit on which it was first installed.

 

[Michael Stevens]

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 the old system. Thanks for your help, Gerald

The link below will cover your concerns.
Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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[Guest]

LOL.......TFF

-----Original Message-----
If the XP is a retail version it can be installed on the new computer, if it
is OEM it is licensed for only the unit on which it was first installed.

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will be reinstalled
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[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?

When you install and activate the new one.

Is there a procedure to assure Microsoft that the OS has been removed
from the old computer?

It's called Product Activation. You tell them it's on one computer, and
they believe you, because they have no way of knowing otherwise.

By the way a registered version of Win 98
will be reinstalled on the old system. Thanks for your help, Gerald

Of course if it's been over the 120 days you won't even have to do
anything other than activate of the internet.

I can wait for the new hoops that Longhorn will make consumer do just to
use the software they buy.

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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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