Re: Can I Transfer License to New PC ?
- From: "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:50:56 -0400
"Talal Itani" <titani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an old PC with XP Pro. I am building a new PC and would like
to know if I can use the XP Pro I already have. I have the license
number, yet I do not have the disk. My friend told me that he can
give me an XP Pro disk, and all I have to do is install and plug-in
the license number. Is this true, is this a good idea? Will
Microsoft disable XP on the old PC? (The license number does not
say OEM.)
We need more information.
What is the make and model of your old PC? Did it come with an OEM
installation of XP Pro, or is this something you added on your own?
If the latter, how did you do it? Generic OEM disk? Full, Retail
disk? Upgrade disk? Why do you no longer have the disk? Is this
product key (not sure what you mean by "license number") from a
sticker on the PC? Or from the packaging to the disk you no longer
have? Even if you are legally transferring a retail license from the
old PC to the new one (using the same product key and a corresponding
disk -- the same exact type of XP, e.g., Retail, Full, Pro), you need
to remove it from the old one (you may simply format the hard drive).
If not, it will eventually be flagged by Microsoft if you are online
with it.
I bought that old PC used, from a garage sale. Can the license number
answer these questions?
Again, Talal, you need to answer the questions!!!
What is the make and model of this old PC? When you purchased it, was
anything else included in the purchase? Does it have a Certificate of
Authenticity sticker on it (this contains the Product ID)? If so, a have
a look at the following Web page and let us know what kind of license it
is:
http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Product_IDs
What exactly do you mean by "license number"? Do you mean Product ID? Or
the Product Key? And are you getting this "license number" from the COA
sticker or from somewhere else? That is, did this as-of-yet unidentified
PC come with XP Pro pre-installed (and is this what the COA sticker
indicates)? Or was it something added along the way, either by the
person who sold it to you or by yourself?
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