XP professional - reinstallation CD

[Guest]

I just refreshed by work laptop, which had a customized version of XP loaded
on it. The packaging included a sealed reinstallation CD that has Windows XP
Professional including Service Pack 1a. The packaging says "for distribution
with a new Dell PC only".

I want to use this CD to upgrade my home PC that currently has Windows ME.
Will this work, despite the warning that it should be used on a new PC?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I just refreshed by work laptop, which had a customized version of
XP
loaded on it. The packaging included a sealed reinstallation CD
that
has Windows XP Professional including Service Pack 1a. The
packaging
says "for distribution with a new Dell PC only".

I want to use this CD to upgrade my home PC that currently has
Windows ME. Will this work, despite the warning that it should be
used on a new PC?

Have you first asked your employer how he feels about your wanting
to steal his property?

Further, OEM licenses are _permanently_ bound to the first PC on
which they are installed. An OEM license, once installed, is not
legally transferable to another computer under any circumstances.
Additionally, An OEM CD cannot be used to perform an upgrade of an
earlier OS, as it was designed to be installed _only_ upon an empty
hard drive.

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[StringFellow Hawk]

Also, unless your home PC is an exact make, model of hardware, and BIOS,
then the CD will not even begin the installation, as it is looking for a PC
with a specific hardware and BIOS configuration - this is called BIOS
locking the OS software to the hardware it was delivered with.