Windows XP Home activation

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Guest

I have a copy of Windows XP Home that was pre-installed on my desktop
computer when I bought it. It has also been activated. They also included the
Windows XP Home disk. I have now decided to upgrade to Win XP Professional
using a retail upgrade CD. If I do this, will I be able to activate my XP
Home copy on another desktop? Right now it has been installed on that other
desktop, but not activated. So I actually have the same copy of Win XP Home
running on two computers, but one keeps reminding me to activate. What would
be the best (and least expensive) move? Thanks.
 
J

Jupiter Jones [MVP]

You may or may not be able to activate.
You may cause activation issues on the other computer.

Is Windows XP Home OEM?
If so, it is permanently tied to the original computer.
Also, since you bought upgrade, the original is also tied to the computer as
the qualifying OS.
That is two reasons why you can not use Windows XP Home on the other
computer.

You need another license for the other computer.
The least expensive would be to buy OEM Windows XP Home for the second
computer.

Read your specific EULA for details:
Start/Run
Type "winver" ENTER
Click "End User License Agreement"
 
G

Guest

My copy of Windows XP Home is OEM. Would it be ok if i uninstalled it from my
computer and in it's place I installed a copy of Windows XP Pro OEM. Then
could I install and activate it on another desktop? Thanks.
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

No. OEM versions of Windows XP cannot be transferred
nor activated on a different computer.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| My copy of Windows XP Home is OEM. Would it be ok if i uninstalled it from my
| computer and in it's place I installed a copy of Windows XP Pro OEM. Then
| could I install and activate it on another desktop? Thanks.
 
K

kurttrail

Deuce said:
My copy of Windows XP Home is OEM. Would it be ok if i uninstalled it
from my computer and in it's place I installed a copy of Windows XP
Pro OEM. Then could I install and activate it on another desktop?

You got answers from the "Microsoft uber alles" boys.

In reality, not in the delusions of MS and its drones, if your OEM copy
of home is not from one of the top 20 OEMs, like Dell, then just
activate the second copy over the internet. It should work, and if it
doesn't there is absolutely no harm done, as MS promises that activation
is TOTALLY anonymous.

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B

Bruce Chambers

Deuce said:
I have a copy of Windows XP Home that was pre-installed on my desktop
computer when I bought it. It has also been activated. They also included the
Windows XP Home disk. I have now decided to upgrade to Win XP Professional
using a retail upgrade CD. If I do this, will I be able to activate my XP
Home copy on another desktop?


No. Based upon your description, you have an OEM license for WinXP.
An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a
motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_
bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once
installed, is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_
circumstances.

Right now it has been installed on that other
desktop, but not activated. So I actually have the same copy of Win XP Home
running on two computers, but one keeps reminding me to activate. What would
be the best (and least expensive) move? Thanks.


If you plan to own multiple computers, you'll need to purchase a
separate WinXP license for each computer on which you install it.

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on which it
is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to determine
final applicability in your locale.) The only way in which WinXP
licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows is that
Microsoft has finally added a copy protection and anti-theft mechanism,
Product Activation, to prevent (or at least make more difficult)
multiple installations using a single license.

One can buy additional licenses, assuming one already has a retail
license. Naturally, Microsoft cannot sell additional OEM licenses. Be
aware, however, that you'll probably pay more this way than you would if
you were to buy a second copy of WinXP from a discount retailer;
Microsoft will only offer you a 15% discount off their MSRP.

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp


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K

kurttrail

Bruce said:
No. Based upon your description, you have an OEM license for WinXP.
An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a
motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_
bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once
installed, is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_
circumstances.




If you plan to own multiple computers, you'll need to purchase a
separate WinXP license for each computer on which you install it.

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and
U.S. copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html),
if not technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer
on which it is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright
law to determine final applicability in your locale.) <snip>

Please consult someone that isn't confusing a Copyright law that is a
limitation on the rights of the copyright owner, like MS, as a
limitation on your rights as a End User.

One day Bruce may read this law without having a dose of the
Micro-Kool-Aid, but don't hold your breath!

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"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
 
R

Ron Martell

Deuce said:
I have a copy of Windows XP Home that was pre-installed on my desktop
computer when I bought it. It has also been activated. They also included the
Windows XP Home disk. I have now decided to upgrade to Win XP Professional
using a retail upgrade CD. If I do this, will I be able to activate my XP
Home copy on another desktop? Right now it has been installed on that other
desktop, but not activated. So I actually have the same copy of Win XP Home
running on two computers, but one keeps reminding me to activate. What would
be the best (and least expensive) move? Thanks.

You have two problems with regards to your OEM XP Home License.

1. When you install the XP Pro Upgrade the license for your OEM XP
Home is *merged* into that license and becomes an integral part of
that license. Using the XP Home license anywhere else invalidates
your eligibility to use the XP Pro Upgrade.

2. Licenses for OEM versions of Windows are *permanently* locked to
the first computer that they are installed on and cannot be
legitimately moved to another computer under any circumstance.

Your best course is to purchase a separate XP Home license for the
second computer. Cheapest way would be to purchase an OEM license
and use that product key with your installed copy if it will accept
it, or do a Repair Install with the CD for the new OEM license.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
 
J

Jupiter Jones [MVP]

Some day Kurt you may have enough confidence that you feel your answers will
stand on their own.
But that time apparently has not arrived since you continue to need to prop
up your answers with more insults.
You clearly lack the confidence in your own answers.
 
K

kurttrail

Jupiter said:
Some day Kurt you may have enough confidence that you feel your
answers will stand on their own.

At least I'm not like you, and go around changing other people's words.
I have enough confidence that I don't feel it necessary. Obviously, you
don't.
But that time apparently has not arrived since you continue to need
to prop up your answers with more insults.

LOL! You felt insulted by my mere words? That says a lot about you.
My mama taught me long, long, long ago, that "sticks and stones may
break my bones, but words will never hurt me."

But at least you are consistent. You are hurt by words, and you have to
hide from the words of other by changing them.

You act like a child, that is scared by shadows.
You clearly lack the confidence in your own answers.

LOL! That's why you didn't argue over my answer, only about the part
that you felt hurt by?

To bad you didn't have the confidence to argue over my answer to the OP!

Hugs to you too, Juppy-Baby!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
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J

Jupiter Jones [MVP]

Your words were not changed by me or anyone else.
I don't change words, but your agenda may need to think so.
Look again at your posts and see.
As for your signature, there is nothing of substance relevant to the subject
yet you continue to whine.
The complaints of yours have been ignored by those you have complained
because they lack substance.

I never said I was hurt by your words.
Your need to insult others is not the same as myself or others being hurt.
Your assumption that I was hurt is as so many of your assumptions...Wrong.

"...argue over my answer..."
Why?
If you are unable to read my original post, why should anyone think you are
capable of reading similar information again?

Are you able to control yourself enough so you do not need to insult others
to make your point?
If you can not answer Yes and show it here, you should not waste time on an
answer since you will prove my point.
 
K

kurttrail

Jupiter said:
Your words were not changed by me or anyone else.

Does this, "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx," look familiar,
Juppy-liar?
I don't change words, but your agenda may need to think so.
ROFL!

Look again at your posts and see.

I did. And you are a liar.
As for your signature, there is nothing of substance relevant to the
subject yet you continue to whine.

Laugh at you. Juppy-child. And that's the difference between us. I'm
not insulted by your action. I'm amused by them.

You show your feeling about what I've wrote by projecting you emotions.
I never said or meant to insult you or anyone in my first post in this
thread, that wasn't even in response to you, but was in response to
Deuce. But you must have felt insulted by something I wrote to the OP,
since you wrote that my answer contained insults! And for you to thinke
that something I wrote to Deuce was an insult, had to come from within
you and you feelings, either that, or you are just making it up totally.

So you were either insulted, hurt, or a fabricator and a liar? Which is
it?
The complaints of yours have been ignored by those you have complained
because they lack substance.

Huh? You want to act like a child, that's just more laughs for me, and
anyone else that sees you for what your actions show you to be.
I never said I was hurt by your words.

Insulted. I never said I wrote insults, so ALL you have to go on is
that YOU felt insulted by what I wrote.
Your need to insult others is not the same as myself or others being
hurt.

Again, I never said I wrote or meant to insult anyone in this thread.
It is all in YOUR HEAD, Juppy-boy.
Your assumption that I was hurt is as so many of your
assumptions...Wrong.

LOL! Since I didn't write an insult, but my opinion, that you assumed
that something I wrote in my first post in thread was an insult is the
only assumption that is wrong. I was only reacting to your false
assumption in the first place.

Since you wrongly assumed that I wrote an insult in a post that was even
to your post, the only place you could have come up with that something
I wrote was an insult was in your own pea brain.
"...argue over my answer..."
Why?

Oh, I don't know. To stay on the topic of this thread? Novel concept,
I know. But those that have no valid argument with the truth need to
change the subject.

Like you always do by changing the subjects of threads from what the OP
wanted to ME. You love me so, so much that you can't stop talking about
me!
If you are unable to read my original post, why should anyone think
you are capable of reading similar information again?

Boy, I didn't reply to you first post in this thread, so if anyone has
proven that they are incapable of following a conversation, it is you.
Are you able to control yourself enough so you do not need to insult
others to make your point?

There you go again Juppy-baby. I never said I wanted or meant to insult
anyone. That is your assumption. All in your little pea brain. And
that you keep repeating it over and over again PROVES that something I
wrote really hurt you. ROFL!
If you can not answer Yes and show it here, you should not waste time
on an answer since you will prove my point.

LOL! Your point, just like everything about you, is rooted on a
fallacy. But thanks for proving my point. That you NEED to change the
subject to me, because you have no valid argument for my expressions of
the the truth!

Naw, you don't change any of my words! Juppy-liar, you make me laugh at
you so, so hard!

If your ego needs it, please take a bow. Since you refuse to talk about
the subject of this thread, I have no need to response to you about me.

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"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
 
A

abhay k

I have purchased windoes xp professional with sp-2 at frist time i have
activate and regisster also but due to some problem i have formated my pc &
reinsatall xp but now iwant to activate win xp and ihave internet connection
also but it dosent activate pls do needful within honour
 
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smlunatick

I have purchased windoes xp professional with sp-2 at frist time i have
activate and regisster also but due to some problem i have formated my pc&
reinsatall xp but now iwant to activate win xp and ihave internet connection
also but it dosent activate pls do needful within honour

If the XP will not activate after the first successful install /
activation, you need to follow the Activate by Phone steps.
 

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