XP liscensing and registration

[Bob Stevens]

I purchased an upgrade to Windows XP Home for my personal
computer but recently upgraded again to Windows XP Pro
(necessary for my work). Can I legally give the XP Home
upgrade to my daughter and will she have trouble
activating the software?

 

[Gary Tait]

I purchased an upgrade to Windows XP Home for my personal
computer but recently upgraded again to Windows XP Pro
(necessary for my work). Can I legally give the XP Home
upgrade to my daughter and will she have trouble
activating the software?

If you have the original OS for that computer you can.

 

[NeKeta [MSFT]]

Hello, Bob!

Since you purchased the upgrade, you can transfer the license to another
computer. There are some stipulations on what you can do with the OS. If you
purchased a new computer with an OS and any other MS product, that software
must stay with the computer. Since this is an upgrade that you purchased you
can use it on a different machine. You may be prompted to reactivate the
product, so if that happens, you can call Microsoft to obtain a new product
key. A good reference to have is the Product Use Rights document. This is
updated quarterly and can be found at the very botto of:
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resources/#prodlist

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[Alex Nichol]

I purchased an upgrade to Windows XP Home for my personal
computer but recently upgraded again to Windows XP Pro
(necessary for my work). Can I legally give the XP Home
upgrade to my daughter and will she have trouble
activating the software?

Provided it was a retail copy (and as you used it to upgrade it must
have been) you can pass it on. She will need a qualifying product on
the machine to support the right to upgrade, but presumably she is
running Windows 98 or ME now, so that is no problem. Make sure that the
hardware is adequate, and go ahead to install. When it comes to
activation, if it is more than 120 days since you last did it, she will
find it will go through on the net just like first time. If not, she
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 she types it in