Re: Actvation problem

Unless your grandson's PC is virtually identical to your PC,
you are not likely to have much success using the Ghost
image from your PC since the hardware, primarily the
motherboard and video adapter, are probably different.

I would suggest performing a "clean install" of Windows XP
on your grandson's PC using the new Windows XP CD
and Product Key.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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"Zeev Schor" wrote:

| I have bought a new computer and I want to install WindowsXP ( I have
| acquired an additional copy).
| I am going to transfer my old (activated) computer to my grandsons as such,
| after uninstalling all software which I have acquired during quite a few
| years.
| I have a backup (Norton Ghost) copy of my old computer's logical partitions
| which I would like to restore to my new computer, but this would be
| violating the EULA license (Product Activation works by validating that the
| software's product key, required as part of product installation, has not
| been used on more PCs than is allowed by the software's end user license
| agreement (EULA))
| Is it possible to do the restore procedure and then install the new copy of
| the WindowsXP which I have acquired? I would not like to start from scratch
| and do the reinstalling of all my other software.
| Any help and advice will be very appreciated.

.

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