Re: Install Xp pro on second computer?

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"vernon" <there@there> wrote:


If the PC dies OR is put out of service, the actual license states clearly
that it can be installed on another computer as long as one has the original
computer cleared.


Only if the license is retail or volume license. OEM licenses are
permanently locked to the first computer that they are installed on
and cannot be legitimately transferred to another computer under any
circumstances, even if the original computer is lost, stolen,
destroyed, or scrapped.

This is clearly spelled out in the End User License Agreement that
comes with the OEM versions.

Hope this clarifies the situation.

Good luck

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