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-- Hello

I am sort of ashamed to post this question , but i purcased a new
Windows XP Home Edition sp2 for my newer computer well i ended up installing
it on my old p3 computer
Which i hardly ever use and activated it two weeks ago.My question is can i
somehow take it off my old computer
and put it on my newer one?
thanks
larry

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Yes
Just do a phone activation.
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:
: -- Hello
:
: I am sort of ashamed to post this question , but i purcased a new
: Windows XP Home Edition sp2 for my newer computer well i ended up
installing
: it on my old p3 computer
: Which i hardly ever use and activated it two weeks ago.My question is can
i
: somehow take it off my old computer
: and put it on my newer one?
: thanks
: larry
:
: Aspire X-Superalien 500W
: Asus P4c800E Deluxe
: Intel P-4 800 3.0G 1mb cache
: Crucial 2x 512MB DDR400
: 2x WD 80GB Sata 150 7200rpm 8M
: Ati Radeon 9800XT 256MB
: Audigy 2ZS
: Windows XP , home
:
 
larry said:
-- Hello

I am sort of ashamed to post this question , but i purcased a new
Windows XP Home Edition sp2 for my newer computer well i ended up installing
it on my old p3 computer
Which i hardly ever use and activated it two weeks ago.My question is can i
somehow take it off my old computer
and put it on my newer one?
thanks
larry
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Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not legitimately
transferable), and assuming that the WinXP license wasn't used to
qualify for a Vista Upgrade license (in which case the WinXP license
became an inseparable part of the Vista license), simply remove WinXP
from the computer it is currently on and then install it on the new
computer. If it's been more than 120 days since you last activated that
specific Product Key, the you'll most likely be able to activate via the
Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might have to make a 5
minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm


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larry said:
I am sort of ashamed to post this question , but i purcased a new
Windows XP Home Edition sp2 for my newer computer well i ended up
installing
it on my old p3 computer
Which i hardly ever use and activated it two weeks ago.My question is can
i
somehow take it off my old computer
and put it on my newer one?
thanks
Click to expand...

Nothing to be ashamed of but you did leave out one important detail. Is the
XP version OEM or retail? If OEM by the license it's tied to the first
computer on which it's installed and can't be moved to a different computer.
If that first computer dies the license dies with it.

If it's retail then yes it can be transferred to a different system. First
uninstall it from the computer it's on now. To do that format the drive.
Then install it on the new system. You will probably have to do the phone
activation.
 
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