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i want to sell my windows 2000 and install xp.
how do i sell windows 2000 lagally. it has been installed.
 
If it's an OEM copy (came with your laptop), you aren't supposed to sell
it - the license to run it is permenantly linked to the hardware.
 
If I am wrong I am sure some one will correct me.

If it is OEM then it stays with the hardware it was assigned
If it was used to purchase the Windows XP as an upgrade is can not be sold
legally.
If the windows 2000 license is an upgrade from an earlier OS I do not think
it can be sold without the other previous licenses

I also think you have to transfer the license to another party by contacting
Microsoft to make it legal.

All that said you can probably do whatever you want to do. Will MS come
after you, probably not. But you never know.

If you are really that concerned then call Microsoft licensing. What I
posted could be wrong or MS could have changed there EULAs - which they like
to do.
 
Do a search for Windows 2000 on Ebay and you will see the enormous variety
of what's on offer. You will also get an idea of what price the different
types are going for. Just be completely straight about what you are selling.
If it's a system restore disc that came with a particular pc then it may not
work on another PC because it may only have the drivers for that particular
PC. If you've got the full windows complete with Certificate Of
Authentication and the Key Code then that will allow you to expect a better
price.
Evi
 
gary said:
i want to sell my windows 2000 and install xp.
how do i sell windows 2000 lagally. it has been installed.
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If it is an OEM copy of Windows, it is likely that the license for
Windows is valid ONLY for that computer; i.e., that instance of the
license for the OS must stay with that hardware. There's some argument
over what "that computer" constitutes legally as regards to being able
to replace its motherboard, drives, CPU, memory, etc. But obviously you
would be seperating the software from the hardware to which its license
is tied. Read the OEM license carefully. You may not be able to
separate the software and hardware. If it is a restore or image CD used
to recover the system, it is like the OEM version and is tied to that
system.

If it is a retail version of Windows, and if you haven't installed a
copy anywhere else, and only after you install Windows XP to wipe out
the last remaining install of Windows 2000, and - especially important -
if and only if the Windows XP you get is NOT an upgrade version, then
you can sell off the old Windows 2000. If you get an upgrade version of
Windows XP, you cannot sell off the base version of the product (Windows
2000) upon which the upgrade license is based. You're expected to own
the lineage of the product from the first full version installed through
all the upgrade versions (you may not be required to keep the physical
media but you need to have rights to the licenses for each). You have
to buy the FULL version of Windows XP in order to sell of the
"disconnected copy" of Windows 2000. And if you only have the upgrade
version of Windows XP, what are you going to use for proof of the prior
version upon which the upgrade is based when you have to reformat the
drive and reinstall Windows XP?

It must be the CD provided by Microsoft. It cannot be a backup copy
made by, say, CloneCD, where you lost the original CD so now the backup
copy is the only one you have, and it's the backup CD that you're trying
illegally to sell. You can only sell the original CD media. Would
probably be appreciated by the buyer if you still have the [mostly
worthless] skinny book and especially the license agreement document
that came in the package. The product key must be intact and legible.
 
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