Retail and OEM Licenses: How do They Mix?

[Guest]

If I own a computer with an OEM version of Windows 98, and install a retail
XP Home upgrade, am I allowed to transfer XP to a different computer?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No.

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| If I own a computer with an OEM version of Windows 98, and install a retail
| XP Home upgrade, am I allowed to transfer XP to a different computer?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

You can transfer retail Windows XP (upgrade or full) all you want as long as
it is only installed on one computer at a time.

But Windows 98 is OEM.
Normally OEM is permanently tied to the original computer regardless the
condition of the original computer.