Re: Putting previously purchased copy of XP on another laptop
- From: throwitout <throwitout@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:01:19 -0800 (PST)
On Mar 1, 8:47 pm, army25B <melvill...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey all-
I am wanting to upgrade to a new laptop. The one I want has Vista on
it.
I have already purchased my own copy of XP home, which works great. I
have no desire to upgrade to Vista.
Whats the deal with registering with microsoft when I try to install
the copy of XP I am currently using on the new machine?
I know you have to register, and MS has some type of DRM that keeps
track of what machine its on. Don't know if its the SID or a hardware
footprint, ect. I would want to remove their entry as it pertains from
this laptop and be able to do a clean install on the new one. I would
only want to use the new laptop.
Anyone know if I can do this without having to purchase a new copy of
XP?
Thanks--
If you have a retail copy of XP Home and you are removing XP from your
old machine you're set.
Here's a link about activation:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890
Microsoft only keeps records about activation for 120 days. If you've
activated Windows on your old computer in that time period it will
prompt you to call when you try to activate. Should be a quick call
and you're back in business. If it's been more than 120 days since
you've activated that copy of Windows you shouldn't have any problems.
Before you downgrade a vista computer to XP make sure you get ALL the
device drivers for the new computer and burn off any Vista restore
discs for the machine. Also understand that the OEM usually won't
provide you with any XP support whatsoever. Some people will try to
scare you by saying your entire warranty becomes void, which is not
true, just any software warranties and software tech support.
One of the most important things is getting SATA drivers since XP
doesn't come with SATA support. The XP disc must also be using SP1 or
greater to recognize hard drives larger than 137GB.
If you have an old XP disc, you can "slipstream" in SP2 using the tool
nLite. You can also slipstream in your SATA drivers.
http://www.nliteos.com/
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