Upgrade to XP-Home using OEM disk?

[Robbie Burns]

Greetings,

I gave away my XP-Home Upgrade disk when I sold my old PC to a friend. I
replaced it with a new machine that has XP-Home installed as OEM.

I inherited an old Dell at work, running Win2K as a stand-alone PC. Can I
use my OEM disk to upgrade this machine from Win2K to XP-Home?

Thanks in advance,

Robert Burns

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No. OEM discs can only perform "clean installs".
Besides, you would need Windows XP Professional
in order to upgrade over an existing Windows 2000
operating system. Also, an OEM license is non-transferrable
to a different computer.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Greetings,

I gave away my XP-Home Upgrade disk when I sold my old PC to a friend. I
replaced it with a new machine that has XP-Home installed as OEM.

I inherited an old Dell at work, running Win2K as a stand-alone PC. Can I
use my OEM disk to upgrade this machine from Win2K to XP-Home?

Thanks in advance,

Robert Burns

 

[Clark...]

Greetings,

I gave away my XP-Home Upgrade disk when I sold my old PC to a
friend. I replaced it with a new machine that has XP-Home installed
as OEM.
I inherited an old Dell at work, running Win2K as a stand-alone PC. Can I
use my OEM disk to upgrade this machine from Win2K to XP-Home?

Thanks in advance,

Robert Burns

two things
1 the product ID or keycode or license is only good for one PC. and needs to
be activated.
2 an upgrade disk needs an upgrade product ID and vise versa.
If you have an OEM disk and an OEM product code you can install it on the
2000 machine, but I would start the install in Windows NOT from a boot to
CD option. and that's only if the OEM license has never been installed on
another machine.

Clark...

 

[Xandros]

Your last statement is the only one required.

 

[Clark...]

No. OEM discs can only perform "clean installs".
Besides, you would need Windows XP Professional
in order to upgrade over an existing Windows 2000
operating system. Also, an OEM license is non-transferrable
to a different computer.

Why is it then, when I put my OEM XP CD in the drive it gives me the option
to upgrade or do a clean install?
again this is an install within Windows. I just tested it now.
not being a wise ass just looking for an answer, does it not work?

Clark...

 

[Bob I]

Why is it then, when I put my OEM XP CD in the drive it gives me the option
to upgrade or do a clean install?
again this is an install within Windows. I just tested it now.
not being a wise ass just looking for an answer, does it not work?

Clark...

Perhaps it is one of those CD's that were produced for when XP was just
going to be released and you were sold the PC with Windows 2000 and a
"voucher for Windows XP".

 

[Robbie Burns]

No. OEM discs can only perform "clean installs".
Besides, you would need Windows XP Professional
in order to upgrade over an existing Windows 2000
operating system. Also, an OEM license is non-transferrable
to a different computer.

Thanks for the answer. Since I don't own this 'puter, and the company is
too cheap to upgrade the existing stuff (their response is, "We're going to
keep them until they break!", to which I respond, "They'll never break;
they'll just slog along forever..."). I do have the option of bringing in my
own laptop.

Anyone have a favorite laptop the could recommend?