Re: WPA & OEM WinXP
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 09/13/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:20:46 +0100
Keith French wrote:
>With Windows Product Activation and an OEM copy of WinXP (with SP1), can I
>change my hard disk? I think it is developing a fault as it sometimes not
>detected by the BIOS on boot up. I have been reading the excellent article
>by Alex Nichol on this subject and it tends to suggest some limitations with
>an OEM copy.
Thank you. Yes for an 'OEM' one you bought and installed, it will
survive a change of just one item, or even several, so that it looks
like the same hardware. Take advantage though of the Hint on resetting
the Volume Serial number to the old one. You would change disks, format
and go ahead to install and in due course (after that reset) activate
again on the net. Where an OEM copy falls down is in not being licensed
to a different machine. Just where a sequence of changes makes it a new
machine is left undefined, but just a new HD will not put you into it
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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