Re: OEM license
qwerty wrote:
Situation:
A laptop was bought with XP preinstalled but not activated, the EULA
was not accepted, the hard drive was erased, a different (superior)
operating system was installed, XP stickers were removed from the
case.
Question:
Is it legal to use this license key on a different computer,
No. OEM licenses are tied to the first computer they are installed on and
they can never legally be moved to another.
if a
legally obtained install CD is present, but it was already installed
and the key it came with cannot be used to activate another computer?
Will it work with Pro edition, if original install was Home?
Even if it were a Retail version you couldn't do that. Keys need to match
with respect to Professional vs Home, OEM vs Retail, and Full vs Upgrade.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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