Transfer XP to different computer

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I want to transfer xp to a different computer. Will uninstall also
deactiviate so that I can install on other computer.
 
Guliver said:
I want to transfer xp to a different computer. Will uninstall also
deactiviate so that I can install on other computer.
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There is no such thing as deactivation. You just need to reactivate
it on the new computer after the installation, if that is possible.

The first thing you need to do is to determine exactly what version of
Windows XP you have. The versions of Windows XP include:
- BIOS Locked OEM version
- OEM version (not BIOS locked) (includes "generic" OEM)
- Retail Upgrade version
- Retail Full Install version
- Volume License version

If you have a BIOS locked OEM version then it is self-activating on a
computer with a motherboard BIOS from the OEM that produced the
original computer and cannot be activated over the Internet or by
telephone if it is installed on a computer with a different
motherboard BIOS.

If you have an OEM version (not BIOS locked) then the license for that
version is permanently tied to the first computer that it was
installed on and cannot be legitimately moved to a different computer
even if the original computer is lost, destroyed, stolen, or scrapped.

If you have a Retail version (Upgrade or Full Install) of Windows XP
then that license belongs to you and can be moved from computer to
computer to computer as you sees fit, provided that it is only ever
installed on a single computer at any given point in time.

If you have a volume license version of Windows XP then the terms of
the volume license agreement you signed will apply. In general this
restricts you to have the license installed on not more than the total
number of computers provided for in the license, and you may be
subject to on-site inspections of your compliance with the license.
Volume license versions do not require activation.

To determine if your Windows XP is an OEM version open Control Panel -
System - General (or right-click on My Computer and select Properties)
and look at the 20 character product i.d. code shown as the last line
in the "Licensed to:" section. If the second segment of the product
i.d. reads OEM then your installed Windows XP is an OEM version. Note
that this product i.d. is different from the 25 character product key
used to install Windows, although it is derived from it.

To determine if your OEM version of Windows XP is a BIOS Locked
version look on the Start menu under Accessories - System Tools for an
"Activate Windows" menu item. If that item is not present and the
product i.d. (above) says that it is an OEM version then it is a BIOS
Locked version.

Hope this is of some assistance.

Good luck

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

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
Thanks Ron... Hope I have a version that will transfer. Got it through a
discount online store. Will check later.
 
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