online activation question...

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RJK

I built a tower for fun, and installed XP Home edition using a slipstreamed
XP / SP2 cd-r made a couple of months ago.

If I want to sell it and so buy a copy of XP Home ed. OEM from
http://www.aria.co.uk who sell it for £59.93, can I "activate" it online
using the license key on the new XP cd without having to reinstall, and
having to do all the motherboard driver installation / Java / codecs / wmp10
offline install ......etc. ?

regards, Richard
 
Hi Richard,

No, you have to do a repair installation. The procedure used to change keys
without reinstalling only applies to volume licenses.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Big thanx Rick.

regards, Richard


Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi Richard,

No, you have to do a repair installation. The procedure used to change
keys without reinstalling only applies to volume licenses.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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