Preinstalled windows on labtop to be use at desktop

[Guest]

I have a preinstall windows professional on a compag labtop. Recently, this
labtop has major breakdown and we decided not to use it anymore.
Now, the question is whether I can use this windows at my desktop whereby is
not againt software counterfeiting.

Thanks

 

[Pennywise]

|>I have a preinstall windows professional on a compag labtop. Recently, this
|>labtop has major breakdown and we decided not to use it anymore.
|>Now, the question is whether I can use this windows at my desktop whereby is
|>not againt software counterfeiting.

If you upgrade the hard drive by adding a MB, CPU, Menory etc. it's
ok
http://linuxadvocate.org/articles.php?p=1

 

[Mistoffolees]

I have a preinstall windows professional on a compag labtop. Recently, this
labtop has major breakdown and we decided not to use it anymore.
Now, the question is whether I can use this windows at my desktop whereby is
not againt software counterfeiting.

Because the version of Windows XP Pro in the laptop is most
probably an OEM (vs. retail) version, the EULA forbids its
use in another system. If the laoptop dies, then so does the
license for the Windows XP Pro that is installed in it.

On a more practical note, it might be possible to install XP
on the desktop if a full, "generic" Windows XP cdrom was sold
with the laptop. OEM-branded Windows XP installation cdroms are
likely to be bios-locked, specific for the laptop. The same
applies for an image file of the XP installation is so-called
recovery discs.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

|>I have a preinstall windows professional on a compag labtop. Recently, this
|>labtop has major breakdown and we decided not to use it anymore.
|>Now, the question is whether I can use this windows at my desktop whereby is
|>not againt software counterfeiting.

If you upgrade the hard drive by adding a MB, CPU, Menory etc. it's
ok

You write "If you upgrade the hard drive by adding a MB, CPU, Memory".
I suppose you really wanted to write
"If you upgrade the PC by adding a MB, CPU, Memory"

 

[Pennywise]

|>
|>|>>
|>> |>I have a preinstall windows professional on a compag labtop. Recently,
|>this
|>> |>labtop has major breakdown and we decided not to use it anymore.
|>> |>Now, the question is whether I can use this windows at my desktop
|>whereby is
|>> |>not againt software counterfeiting.
|>>
|>> If you upgrade the hard drive by adding a MB, CPU, Menory etc. it's
|>> ok

|>You write "If you upgrade the hard drive by adding a MB, CPU, Memory".
|>I suppose you really wanted to write
|>"If you upgrade the PC by adding a MB, CPU, Memory"

I was wrong, thought that the only way but further reading:

"You may install Windows XP Home on a second computer, but you must
completely erase it from the original computer."
http://linuxadvocate.org/articles.php?p=1

Of course bios locking and OEM may overrule.

 

[Guest]

Hi ,
Thanks for your reply.
How do I know whether it is the OEM version or "generic" window xp?

 

[Pennywise]

|>Hi ,
|>Thanks for your reply.
|>How do I know whether it is the OEM version or "generic" window xp?

For OEM, right click on "My Computer", properties.
the registered to # will have OEM in it's string.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

The fact that it came pre-installed on your Compaq laptop means its OEM.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a preinstall windows professional on a compag labtop. Recently, this
labtop has major breakdown and we decided not to use it anymore.
Now, the question is whether I can use this windows at my desktop whereby is
not againt software counterfeiting.

Thanks

That can't be done. Based on your own description, you have an OEM
license for WinXP on the old laptop. An OEM version must be sold with a
non-peripheral piece of hardware (normally a motherboard or hard rive,
if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_ bound to the first computer on
which it's installed. An OEM license, once installed, is not
legitimately transferable to another computer under _any_ circumstances.


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Bruce Chambers

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