XP PRO upgrade question

[Guest]

Have been running xp home sp1 OEM version for a yr on a rig I built. I was given a brand new xp pro upgrade recently. I also own 98se and me. I know I can use the xp pro upgrade to do a clean install as long as xp verifies I own previous os from microsoft
My plan is to remove the xp home oem from my main rig, do a clean install of xp pro with the upgrade version I just got. Then install the old xp home oem on a backup rig I have

It seems to me that this is within the eula boundries. But I am not sure how to proceed

Thanks, Jim

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Please read the XP Home SP1 OEM EULA. Since it was installed on the rig you
built, it is forever tied to that PC. OEM licenses are not "officially"
transferable.

Have been running xp home sp1 OEM version for a yr on a rig I built. I

was given a brand new xp pro upgrade recently. I also own 98se and me. I
know I can use the xp pro upgrade to do a clean install as long as xp
verifies I own previous os from microsoft.

My plan is to remove the xp home oem from my main rig, do a clean install

of xp pro with the upgrade version I just got. Then install the old xp home
oem on a backup rig I have.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Have been running xp home sp1 OEM version for a yr on a rig I built. I

was given a brand new xp pro upgrade recently. I also own 98se and me. I
know I can use the xp pro upgrade to do a clean install as long as xp
verifies I own previous os from microsoft.

My plan is to remove the xp home oem from my main rig, do a clean install

of xp pro with the upgrade version I just got. Then install the old xp home
oem on a backup rig I have.

It seems to me that this is within the eula boundries. But I am not sure how to proceed.

Thanks, Jim

Jim,

You may not move the OEM Home Edition to your other PC.
The OEM license is tied to the first machine it is installed to.
If you use your combined Win98/XP Pro CD to do a clean install on the
machine with the OEM license then the OEM license is gone and may not be
reused.
If you use a product as check for the Upgrade CD you must also ensure that ,
that product is not in use elsewhere as the license to use that product
becomes part of the Windows XP license that you upgrade to.


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Have been running xp home sp1 OEM version for a yr on a rig I built. I

was given a brand new xp pro upgrade recently. I also own 98se and me. I
know I can use the xp pro upgrade to do a clean install as long as xp
verifies I own previous os from microsoft.

My plan is to remove the xp home oem from my main rig, do a clean install

of xp pro with the upgrade version I just got. Then install the old xp home
oem on a backup rig I have.

 

[Steve C. Ray]

This really is not in the boundaries of the EULA since it states that a OEM
version is licensed for only the first computer it is installed on, and
can't be transferred. To install Pro, boot from the XP CD, It has all the
tools to partition, format and do a clean install. Insert your 98 or ME disk
when prompted.

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Have been running xp home sp1 OEM version for a yr on a rig I built. I

was given a brand new xp pro upgrade recently. I also own 98se and me. I
know I can use the xp pro upgrade to do a clean install as long as xp
verifies I own previous os from microsoft.

My plan is to remove the xp home oem from my main rig, do a clean install

of xp pro with the upgrade version I just got. Then install the old xp home
oem on a backup rig I have.

 

[QN]

XP Pro Upgrade should work installing right over Home. Probably the easiest
way to go about it too.

Good luck!

Have been running xp home sp1 OEM version for a yr on a rig I built. I

was given a brand new xp pro upgrade recently. I also own 98se and me. I
know I can use the xp pro upgrade to do a clean install as long as xp
verifies I own previous os from microsoft.

My plan is to remove the xp home oem from my main rig, do a clean install

of xp pro with the upgrade version I just got. Then install the old xp home
oem on a backup rig I have.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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. You can remove or replace it, if you like, but you
cannot ever reuse it on a different computer.



Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

Have been running xp home sp1 OEM version for a yr on a rig I built. I was given a brand new xp pro upgrade recently. I also own 98se and me. I know I can use the xp pro upgrade to do a clean install as long as xp verifies I own previous os from microsoft.
My plan is to remove the xp home oem from my main rig, do a clean install of xp pro with the upgrade version I just got. Then install the old xp home oem on a backup rig I have.

It seems to me that this is within the eula boundries.

Unfortunately the licensing of an OEM version says no. They are
licensed solely to the machine where first installed and may *not* be
transferred. The EULA itself is misleading on the point - it might lead
you to think you can, but on that reading the license will cease if the
accompanying piece of hardware should fail,