Re: Hardware upgrade - use existing XP pro install CD?
- From: "kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:40:40 -0400
Tom H wrote:
> I have an older Dell System that came with XP Pro preinstalled. I am
> planning an upgrade that will utilize all the drives and the video
> card from the old system. But the motherboard, CPU and memory will
> all be new. I have the existing XP install CD from Dell which I am
> told is no different from the standard Retail OEM version
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is this a new system under the MS licensing rules?
Even MS can't give a straight answer on this one, as NO WHERE in the
shrinkwrap license does it spell out when a computer is upgraded to the
point of becoming another computer.
Basically it comes down to what you believe. Do you think it is a
totally new computer? Otherwise you will have to wait for MS to sue
someone in your state for doing what you are doing to get a definitive
legal answer to your question.
> 2. Ideally, the upgraded system will boot up with the old C drive.
> Is this wishful thinking?
Kinda, but it is not impossible. More than likely you will have to so a
repair install. And you will also have to activate it, since you will
not be using a mobo with a Dell BIOS. You may be forced to do phone
activation, but there are some reports that DELL Product IDs may be
exempted from the new OEM phone in activation rules.
If forced to phone activate, you will be interrogated by MS phone reps.
I suspect that some will activate you if you tell them the truth, and
that some won't, so I'd be real reluctant to tell them any thing that
has to do with hardware.
One, MS has no right to know what hardware XP is installed on, and
secondly it is more information than what is necessary to activate XP.
If asked, I say I slipstreamed SP2 into my Dell XP CD and that forced my
need to activate, but I'd also go through the motions of doing the
slipstream, and a clean install so that it really wouldn't be a lie, it
just would be the whole truth. But MS start that situation.
"The only information required to activate is an installation ID (and,
for Office XP and Office XP family products such as Visio 2002, the name
of the country in which the product is being installed)." -
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/activation_faq.mspx
So if MS asks for anything other than the installation ID, it is MS that
is lying about their activation policies!
> 3. If reinstallation and reactivation is necessary, will MS allow it?
I believe I already covered that. Short answer, it depends.
> 4. Any other tips or gotchas I need to be aware of?
>
> TIA for all input
Already covered.
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