OEM ME --> XP Retail Upgrade = ?

[mike]

I upgraded a OEM copy of WinME with a retail XP Home upgrade. Is the OS
still classed as OEM or is it retail?

I ask because I want to transfer the license to another machine

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I upgraded a OEM copy of WinME with a retail XP Home upgrade. Is the
OS still classed as OEM or is it retail?

I ask because I want to transfer the license to another machine

Sorry, but you cannot. An OEM licence is OEM for evermore; and, as you used
it as a qualifying product, your Home upgrade is now forever tied to that
system as upgrades must be kept with the *original* qualifying product.

This is why I strongly recommend *never* using an OEM licence as a QP for a
retail one - the retail can now never be installed on any other system.

 

[kurttrail]

I upgraded a OEM copy of WinME with a retail XP Home upgrade. Is the
OS still classed as OEM or is it retail?

I ask because I want to transfer the license to another machine

Just do it. MS has no idea what computer XP is installed on.

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[James Hahn]

The current combination is classed as OEM because the original qualifying
product was an OEM product.

So you can sell the upgrade as an upgrade package (provided you uninstall it
from the current machine), but you cannot sell either the OEM or the OEM +
Upgrade as a new install package.

 

[Ron Martell]

I upgraded a OEM copy of WinME with a retail XP Home upgrade. Is the OS
still classed as OEM or is it retail?

I ask because I want to transfer the license to another machine

Two problems.

1. When you install an upgrade version that license is merged with the
license for the version you upgraded from. This applies no matter how
many times you upgrade. So your OEM license for Windows Me and your
upgrade license for XP Home are combined, and your right to use
Windows XP depends on your retaining both of these licenses.

2. OEM licenses for Windows are permanently locked to the first
computer that they are installed on and cannot be legitimately
transferred to another computer under any circumstances. This
condition is clearly specified in the End User License Agreement
(EULA.TXT) on the OEM CD.

Good luck


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[Bruce Chambers]

I upgraded a OEM copy of WinME with a retail XP Home upgrade. Is the OS
still classed as OEM or is it retail?

I ask because I want to transfer the license to another machine

The WinXP Home Upgrade license is a retail license. It can be removed
from the computer on which it is currently installed and transferred to
a new computer, assuming that the new computer already has an earlier,
qualifying OS installed in order to use the upgrade.

Of course, the original OEM WinMe license is still permanently bound to
the older PC, and cannot legitimately be transferred to the new computer.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Sorry, but you cannot. An OEM licence is OEM for evermore; and, as you used
it as a qualifying product, your Home upgrade is now forever tied to that
system as upgrades must be kept with the *original* qualifying product.

That's not at all correct. The Upgrade license remains a retail
product, regardless of the origins of the earlier qualifying license.
The Upgrade is transferable, although the underlying OEM license isn't.



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