Win XP Professional

[Jim]

Laptop hard drive crashed. I purchased XP Pro upgrade on
it. My company will repair and restore W2K to it. Will
I be able to re-use the CD to re-install the XP Pro? Can
you un-install the XP Pro and use it on a different
laptop all together?

 

[Mike Brearley]

You can isntall it again on the laptop or you can use it for another system
all together if it's no longer running because of a crashed hard drive or
has been un-installed.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[Brian Tillman]

You can isntall it again on the laptop

Correct.

or you can use it for another system
all together if it's no longer running because of a crashed hard drive or
has been un-installed.

Provided it is not an OEM version.
--
Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.

 

[Mike Brearley]

Provided it is not an OEM version.

<snip>

He stated that it was "XP Pro upgrade". I didn't think that upgrade's came
in OEM, but after doing a search I found that it can, but only for Windows
2000 --> XP. So you are correct.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[Jim]

But actually, it IS the OEM version. Am I in trouble?

 

[cimex]

OEM versions are tied to their original machine in perpetuity.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Laptop hard drive crashed. I purchased XP Pro upgrade on
it. My company will repair and restore W2K to it. Will
I be able to re-use the CD to re-install the XP Pro? Can
you un-install the XP Pro and use it on a different
laptop all together?

Provided it was a retail Upgrade or Full copy, and not some OEM one
which has a limited license that may not be transferred, then you may
transfer it on as you wish. Install to the new machine; When it comes
to activation, you may find it will go through on the net anyway - if
more than 120 days since you last did it certainly will. If not, you
will have to phone a toll-free number that will be given, to explain and
swap one long number for another to check back as you type it in

 

[Mike Brearley]

You can only use that copy on the original machine that it was originally
installed on. That means that after the laptop is repaired, you can upgrade
it again without violating Microsoft's EULA (End User License Agreement).

OEM versions are cheaper, because they are tied to the first maching they
were installed on. So if you go and upgrade your motherboard, processor and
hard drive, but use the same case, it doesn't matter as according to the
EULA, you can no longer use that copy of XP with that system as it's no
longer considered the same machine.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley