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How do you transfer Windows XP to a new computer

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Bob McDonald

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May 23, 2003, 10:42:31 AM5/23/03
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I need to buy the software and upgrade my laptop to
Windows XP Professional in order to have networking
capabilities at work. I would like to move the Windows
XP Home edition I bought to my home PC. How do I do this
legally? I.e., how do I transfer the my XP Home edition
license from one computer to the other. When done I will
only have one version of XP Home running.

Thanks

Nicholas

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May 23, 2003, 10:57:48 AM5/23/03
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1. You cannot transfer an OEM or preinstalled version of XP
to another computer.
2. The XP Home version serves as the basis for upgrading to
XP Pro and becomes part of XP Pro's licensing agreement.
3. Open XP's "Help and Support" and type in: EULA , and hit enter.
Click on "Questions and answers about the End User License Agreement"
for additional information.

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purplehaz03

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May 23, 2003, 11:09:39 AM5/23/03
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If it a retail version of XP Home, one you bought and installed, then just
remove it from the old computer and install on the new. At worst you have to
call ms to activate.
If it's a oem version, pre-installed, then you can't move it to another
computer and most likely it won't even install if you tried cause the oem
version is probably locked to the bios and won't install on any other
bios/computer.

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Alex Nichol

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May 24, 2003, 9:18:03 AM5/24/03
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Bob McDonald wrote:

If the Home was a retail purchase (an OEM one is licensed only for the
original machine and may not be transferred) you simply install it on
the new machine after deleting from the old. Activation will go
through on the net if more than 120 days since you last did so,
otherwise its a call to a toll free number to explain it has been moved,
and swap one long number for another to type in.

You would need to have a qualifying system for Home (98/ME - not NT or
2000) on the desktop machine if the XP Home was an upgrade version .
And would then be able to buy an upgrade version of Pro to use with the
qualifying system originally on the laptop

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Michael Stevens

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May 26, 2003, 9:10:50 PM5/26/03
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