Using same copy of XP Home??

[Guest]

I'm going to get another computer (upgrade), can I use the same copy of Windows or will I need to buy another copy of Windows XP Home Ed.?? I will be removing it from old computer. Thanks.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm going to get another computer (upgrade), can I use the same copy of

Windows or will I need to buy another copy of Windows XP Home Ed.?? I will
be removing it from old computer. Thanks.

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After installing WinXP on your second PC, you will be prompted to register
it. At this stage you will have to ring Microsoft and explain that you have
transferred the product to a new machine.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are _not_ transferable),
simply remove WinXP from the computer it is currently on, and install
it onto the new one. If it's been more than 120 days since you last
activated that specific Product Key, 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


Bruce Chambers

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[Ferris]

yeh sure...we have us anothe Blackbeard here......

 

[Guest]

Thanks to Pagasus (MVP) and Bruce Chambers for your help...
To Ferris: If your referring to me??? SCREW YOU PAL!!
everyone ain't out to get one over on somebody else, that just show
me where you stand with your way of thinking...

Thanks again guys.

 

[Ferris]

Hey Stevie..
I'm not the one trying to pull a fast one....