WGA tool and moving xpmc to another machine

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I have an oem xpmc on home built machine but am planning to ugrade
everything but bootdisk (ie build new machine). I have read that xp has to
be reactivated if there is significant hardware change. Additionally I have
read that this process can be problematic (with the wga). I recall reading
somewhere that the wga does more than validate xp as legitamite software,
and am worried that it has sent MS my system hardware information and that
my xpmc will not work once I have upgraded hardware. Before I spend any
money on new hardware I need to know if I can even do this and still use xp.
Thanks for time, D.
 
H said:
I have an oem xpmc on home built machine but am planning to ugrade
everything but bootdisk (ie build new machine). I have read that xp
has to be reactivated if there is significant hardware change.
Additionally I have read that this process can be problematic (with
the wga). I recall reading somewhere that the wga does more than
validate xp as legitamite software, and am worried that it has sent
MS my system hardware information and that my xpmc will not work once
I have upgraded hardware. Before I spend any money on new hardware
I need to know if I can even do this and still use xp. Thanks for
time, D.
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WGA has nothing to do with you moving your licence from one machine to
another.

If you have an OEM licence then its tied to the first machine it is
activated on and cannot be moved. If you have a proper "retail" licence
then it can be moved easily enough, but you might need to activate by
telephone.


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Rob Moir, Microsoft MVP for Security
Blog Site - http://www.robertmoir.com
Virtual PC 2004 FAQ -
http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
I'm always surprised at "professionals" who STILL have to be asked:
"Have you checked (event viewer / syslog)".
 
Robert Moir said:
WGA has nothing to do with you moving your licence from one machine to
another.

If you have an OEM licence then its tied to the first machine it is
activated on and cannot be moved. If you have a proper "retail" licence
then it can be moved easily enough, but you might need to activate by
telephone.


--
--
Rob Moir, Microsoft MVP for Security
Blog Site - http://www.robertmoir.com
Virtual PC 2004 FAQ -
http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
I'm always surprised at "professionals" who STILL have to be asked:
"Have you checked (event viewer / syslog)".
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How did "...an oem xpmc on home built machine..." happen? Seems to be a
strange to me.
 
Chuck said:
How did "...an oem xpmc on home built machine..." happen? Seems to be
a strange to me.
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not that strange any more. You can buy an OEM licence copy of XP along
with a piece of hardware when buying system components, such as the hard
disk or the motherboard.
 
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