Re: Windows XP re-install - Parallels Desktop
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:53:21 -0500
Mike M. wrote:
I presently have Windows XP SP2 installed on a MacBook Pro using
Apple's BootCamp. I would like to delete the WinXP partition I've
created, install Parallels Desktop and re-install the same copy of
Windows XP SP2 using Parallels. How do I go about cancelling the
XP authorization on the machine so that I can legally reinstall in
under Parallels and re-activate the same copy of Windows XP?
Shenan Stanley wrote:
You don't.
You just install again and activate it again when you get the
opportunity. If you cannot activate over the Internet - do it by
phone.
Mike M. wrote:
Thanks for the quick response! I had assumed that Microsoft's
activation might be similar to Adobe's, where one can de-authorize
and re-authorize a copy of, for example, Photoshop on a specific
machine.
There is no limit to how many times you can install Windows XP on any one
given machine.
If it is not an OEM version - there's no limit on how many times you can
*transfer* Windows XP to a different system.
There is no "de-activation" procedure. You just activate again each time
you are asked to do so.
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