Win XP Transfer

[farid]

I have a old P III with Win XP Home. I now have purchased a new machine and
would like to know the procedure of transfering / installing my XP Home to
the new computer.
Is this transfer permitted according to prevailing laws ? If yes, what will
I be required to do.
Please help someone because I cannot afford a second lisence.
Thanks,

Farid Ansari
Karachi, Pakistan

 

[Alias]

I have a old P III with Win XP Home. I now have purchased a new machine and
would like to know the procedure of transfering / installing my XP Home to
the new computer.
Is this transfer permitted according to prevailing laws ? If yes, what will
I be required to do.
Please help someone because I cannot afford a second lisence.
Thanks,

Farid Ansari
Karachi, Pakistan

What type of XP Home do you have? Retail? Or did it come with the computer?

 

[Xenomorph]

Windows licensing allows you to move it to other systems - UNLESS it is OEM.

OEM License is only for the original system it is installed on.

 

[Alias]

Windows licensing allows you to move it to other systems - UNLESS it is OEM.

OEM License is only for the original system it is installed on.

Generic OEMs can be moved from a technical point of view, although it is
in violation of the scammy EULA.

 

[Ken Blake]

I have a old P III with Win XP Home. I now have purchased a new
machine and would like to know the procedure of transfering /
installing my XP Home to the new computer.
Is this transfer permitted according to prevailing laws ?

It depends.

If it's a retail version, yes.

If it's an OEM version (for example, if it came with the computer), no.

And by the way, it's not so much a matter of laws, it's a matter of adhering
to the license agreement.

If yes,
what will I be required to do.

Assuming that it's retail, simply uninstall it from the first (format the
drive) and install it on the new one. You'll have to activate it of course,
but that's quick and easy.

Please help someone because I cannot afford a second lisence.

If yours is an OEM copy, you have no legal alternative.

Ken

 

[Paul Randall]

And by the way, it's not so much a matter of laws, it's a matter of
adhering to the license agreement.

Actually, your answer is terribly wrong. Law must always trump agreements
or other contracts, whether written or not, signed or not.

Otherwise, the courts would be forced to decide whether one crook has to
carry out his agreement with another crook, such as to assasinate a third
party after he has been paid to do so.

There is no law against writing such a EULA. Microsoft can add teeth that
look like a great white shark 's to the agreement, knowing full well that
they are harmless foam rubber teeth. That is enough to deter most people.
M$ can bleed anyone dry through legal fees if they try to contest their
interpretation of the EULA. In those few cases where M$ looses, they can
"induce" a settlement where the terms are not disclosed to the public. Does
this kind of thing happen? Who knows and can afford to tell?

-Paul Randall