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Rick Waits

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May 14, 2002, 12:14:31 PM5/14/02
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I have heard that the XP Os ties itself to your computer hardware somehow. I
have an old 333 celeron sys with XP on it and I am going to junk the
hardware. how can I use the OS license on another machine that I build w/o
buying another license?
thanks!
Rick

Gazwad

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May 14, 2002, 12:23:03 PM5/14/02
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"Rick Waits" <ricm...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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Just install it and see what happens. If you activated over 120 days ago
there is a good chance that you wont run into problems, if when you do
activate you get a message saying that the product is already activated or
whatever then you must phone M$, just tell them that your other PC doesn't
work anymore and you have junked it.

Come up with a plausible story, you shouldn't really need to but it would be
easier to tell a white lie than to explain the ins and outs of a cats arse
hole to these dumbfucks they stick on the phone.

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Bruce Chambers

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May 14, 2002, 1:01:39 PM5/14/02
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Greetings --

Yes. Simply uninstall it from the forst PC, and install it on the new
one. At worst, you may have to call and activate over the phone.

HTH&GL,

Bruce Chambers
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vice versa. -- RAH

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Jørgen Jensen

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May 14, 2002, 4:42:05 PM5/14/02
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Hi Rick

Yes and no.

If you transfer the harddisk to the new computer, you'll
ned to have the license re-activated through MicroSoft because XP reacts to
the changes in the hardware.
Othervise try to install it on a new harddisk and then let
it re-activate on-line.

I've tryed both solutions and recomend the latter.

Best og luck.
Jørgen Jensen
Denmark

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Courtney

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May 14, 2002, 8:43:51 PM5/14/02
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Install it on the new system. You will have to activate it online. It's a
toll-free number and is automated. Just be prepared to input a lot of
numbers via a touchtone phone, and type a lot of numbers and letters into
your PC. (Fortunately, they are in 6-digit sections.)

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