Transfer Install to Volume License

[JS]

We are Government Volume License. When A user got a new laptop pre-loaded
with windows XP Pro, they went ahead installed a bunch of applications, and
has merrily been using the unit .

I want to Transfer the unit to our Volume License for various reasons,
mainly for backup, imaging....

How best can I proceed to transfer the Windows activation from the single
license to our Volume License


Thanks

 

[Shenan Stanley]

We are Government Volume License. When A user got a new laptop
pre-loaded with windows XP Pro, they went ahead installed a bunch
of applications, and has merrily been using the unit .

I want to Transfer the unit to our Volume License for various
reasons, mainly for backup, imaging....

How best can I proceed to transfer the Windows activation from the
single license to our Volume License

Best - start wiping and installing using your volume license key when the
machine comes in.

Work-around - might try changing the product key using either the Microsoft
tool or other means.

 

[Peter Foldes]

JS

You cannot transfer to a VL version. You need to reformat and re-install to the VL

 

[smlunatick]

AFAIK an OEM installation will not accept a volume license key, a format and
reload is the only option.

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Best - start wiping and installing using your volume license key when the
machine comes in.

Work-around - might try changing the product key using either the
Microsoft tool or other means.

I have successfully done a "repair reinstall" of a VLK with a OEM
version. Once the key was requested, the installed version became a
OEM licensed version. However, this was on a "test" dummy machine and
the data work "junk." Be sure to backup everything before you do any
"license" change.