swap XP or media cnetre

  • Thread starter Thread starter macsinbragg
  • Start date Start date
M

macsinbragg

Ok I am new to this group so if I am in the wrong place. Oops!

I have a three year old computer that came with xp installed. I am
buying a dell laptop new from dell that has media ctr installed. I
want to swap them, meaning I want the desktop to have the medai ctr
and the laptop to have the xp os. How do I do this?


Thanks,

Scott
 
Typically Dell copies of the operating system are locked to the BIOS of the
computer that it was installed on. This means that you probably won't be
able to do this.

- John
 
Ok I am new to this group so if I am in the wrong place. Oops!

I have a three year old computer that came with xp installed. I am
buying a dell laptop new from dell that has media ctr installed. I
want to swap them, meaning I want the desktop to have the medai ctr
and the laptop to have the xp os. How do I do this?
Click to expand...

You don't. Licenses for OEM verisons of Windows XP, which are what
you apparently have, are permanently locked to the first computer that
they are installed on and cannot be legitimately transferred to
another computer under any circumstances, even if the original
computer is scrapped, lost, stolen, or destroyed.

Additionally, the Media Center edition of Windows XP that will come on
your new laptop will be BIOS locked. This means that it cannot be
activated on anything but a Dell computer.

Just for clarification. Media Center is also Windows XP, just that is
has slightly different capabilities and functionality with respect to
multimedia. It is a modifed Windows XP Professional.

Hope this explains the situation.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
You can't even go to the maker of your bios and get newer bioses from them.
Their BIOS upgrades do not include the Dell identity string, Why should
they, few individuals go about selecting their cmos chips, bridge chips, and
all the seemngly lesser chips than that ol CPU, not realizing that a fast
ink cartridge can't write any faster than the ink will come out of the pen.
Bios files are a collection of files that tell all the componenets what to
do, packaged together to protect you from yourself. and them from the loss
of a sale. You might find a way to "swap" the Dell signatures and have a
nice new update. That may be illegal and definitely void your service
contract and you'd run the risk of frying something with a bios setting for
that device that isn't able to ru at the new speed. Maybe that's why all
those Dell laptops were expoding and burning last week, Dig into the msdn
and technet libraries on inf and ini files. you may be able to find a
solution there.Teachable\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Ron Martell" had
 
Back
Top