Re: Windows XP and its License..

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John Barnett MVP wrote:
On OEM copies you are only allowed to activate once; the licence being
linked driectly to the OEM not the user.

Then again, with certain OEM copies, there doesn't seem to be a need to
activate at all (at least in the usual way).

Back in August I acquired a used Dell Dimension 2400. It still had the
original OS (Windows XP Home) installed on it. But it had lots of junk
on it, too, and I decided to do a clean install since I also acquired
the accompanying OEM Reinstallation CD.

There was no need to activate XP once it was installed; I was able to
get the SP 2 just fine. I later learned this was because Dell (which is
considered a "royalty OEM") uses "golden master" OEM copies of Windows
XP, which are similar to a volume license.

--
Dave


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