Hello,
That is not exactly correct.
This is probably better answered on the licensing page:
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/default.mspx
I am not a licensing expert, which is why I recomend contacting licensing
directly to get the best answer.
You do not have to upgrade with Volume License media to Windows XP, it is
true that the Volume License is an upgrade license and you have to have a
prior OS license for that machine, but you do not have to upgrade to
install.
You may also be able to use the OEM Windows XP license as part of the
Windows XP Volume License count, check with licensing to be sure on that
however.
but you if you have an OEM copy of Windows XP, you may be able to count
that as part of Volume Licensing count adding an additional one to you VL
count as long as you replaced OEM install with the VL install.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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