Re: Swapping XP licences between 2 PCs
- From: "Vanguard" <no@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 23:29:02 -0500
"Davey iPAQ" wrote in message news:1180297038.395828.85470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello there,
I've got 2 PCs one running XP Pro, the other running XP Media centre.
Both licences were OEM versions purchased with the hardware to build
the machines.
As I only use the XP Pro machine (it's a higer spec than the other),
I've decided to sell the other one or swap it for an iPod, but I'd
like to swap the versions of windows between the 2 machines so I can
keep the features of media centre.
Does anyone know if I'll have any issues if I just trash both machines
and rebuild using the other machines XP licence?
You'll need the read the actual EULA on the machine(s) for Windows. Many people read more into the EULA than is actually stated there. Don't make inferences. The OEM license is tied to the qualifying hardware with which the license was purchased. There is no conditions within the EULA that says a larger [sub]system gobbles up the licenses tied to the qualifying component hardware. It depends on how the OEM license was provided. Since you don't mention building these hosts, they are probably pre-builts and that means the license is tied to the box but they cannot legally preclude you from replacing broken hardware to repair the box. I don't think they can even preclude your ability to upgrade the hardware; otherwise, no one would be able to replace a broken motherboard (and put in a better one), or add more memory, or get a bigger hard drive or a second one, or add a modem or NIC, or replace a weak PSU, or add a CD/DVD drive after the Windows install.
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