Windows98 Upgrade to Windows XP

[Guest]

I have a laptop with Windows 98, my home computer is XP, could I use my set
up discs that came with my home computer (XP) to upgrade laptop from 98 to
XP?\

Just Curious

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No you cannot. You'll need to purchase a retail "Upgrade Version"
of Windows XP in order to upgrade your other computer.

Please take a moment to read the Windows XP EULA.

Go to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.
Click on "End-User License Agreement".

Please open XP's "Help and Support Center" and type: EULA
in the Search box, then click on "Questions and answers about
the End User License Agreement".

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"98 to XP" wrote:

| I have a laptop with Windows 98, my home computer is XP, could I use my set
| up discs that came with my home computer (XP) to upgrade laptop from 98 to
| XP?\
|
| Just Curious

 

[Guest]

That's not the most LEGAL thing to ask in a microsoft newsgroup... I wouldn't
expect to get a "good" reply from your post bud...

Just giving advice... that's all...

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a laptop with Windows 98, my home computer is XP, could I use my set
up discs that came with my home computer (XP) to upgrade laptop from 98 to
XP?\

Just Curious

No, you can't. You'll need to purchase a separate WinXP license for
each computer on which you install it.

First of all, 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.

Secondly, 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.


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Bruce Chambers

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