Re: Windows XP/2000 licensing

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From: Steve N. (Steve_N_at_nunya.biz.nes)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:07:27 -0800

Andrew Murray wrote:

> Windows 2000 would more than likely be OEM which means it probably won't
> work on anything other than the original hardware (in any case OEM licence
> is not intended to be used on hardware other than the original machine) so
> short answer is "No".

Not true. Win2k Pro OEMs will work on any hardware capable of running
the OS. There is no "BIOS lock" stuff involved.

Steve

>
> For upgrading/installing XP you will need a previous licenced version of
> Windows which qualifies as the upgrade product to upgrade to XP with if you
> use the upgrade versopm, however OEM Windows 2000 (that came on your PC
> originally) mayy or may not qualify as a upgrade product.
>
> And you'd need that earlier version copy everytime you had to reinstall XP,
> so if you did sell the 2000 licence/disk you'd be in trouble.
>
> You'd be better using the Full version.
>
>
>
>
> "Mike" <mrfaber@att.net> wrote in message
> news:%23bHYemiDFHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>Lets say I bought a Dell computer that came preinstalled with Windows 2000
>>pro. Next, lets say I bought Windows XP, and did a clean install over
>>W2K. Can I sell/donate the old windows 2000 license? What if the COA is
>>attached to the computer chassis? Does it matter if I bought the Full
>>version XP, or the upgrade version?
>>
>>Mike
>>
>
>
>

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