Re: XP Install

From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 07/03/04


Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:51:39 -0700

In news:25d7501c4613f$42fbd210$a401280a@phx.gbl,
Install <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> I currently have XP Pro installed on a computer I'm going
> to retire. I have my new computer built and I want to
> install this same XP Pro. Will there be any problems
> from Microsoft in regards to activation etc.?

That depends. If your XP Professional is a retail version, no.
But if it's an OEM version, its license turns it permanently to
the first computer it's installed on, and you may *not* do this.

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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