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Windows XP Installation
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| A while ago I bought a laptop from dell with a copy of XP home on it. A while
later I found out I needed XP professional for my laptop so I got it, and
installed it. Now I have another computer without xp which I would like to
install my copy of XP home on. I am not able to do this because when I
install it it is impossible to register it because it is not on a dell
machine and cannot be automatically registered (No product key is required to
be entered). Do I have a useless copy of XP home that I paid for, or is there
some way of getting around it or getting another copy that can actually be
installed on systems other than dells?
The liscence agreement for Windows XP does state that I should be allowed to
take windows off of one machine and install it on another.
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SV
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| Carey Frisch [MVP] 2006-01-12, 6:57 pm |
| A Dell OEM version of Windows XP can only be
installed on a Dell PC. If you wish to install Windows XP
on another PC, you'll need to purchase a conventional
version of Windows XP.
From the Dell Windows XP EULA:
"Software as a Component of the Computer - Transfer. THIS
LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED, TRANSFERRED TO OR
USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.
The SOFTWARE is licensed with the COMPUTER as a single
integrated product and may only be used with the COMPUTER. If
the SOFTWARE is not accompanied by HARDWARE, you may not use
the SOFTWARE."
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
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"Steve" wrote:
| A while ago I bought a laptop from dell with a copy of XP home on it. A while
| later I found out I needed XP professional for my laptop so I got it, and
| installed it. Now I have another computer without xp which I would like to
| install my copy of XP home on. I am not able to do this because when I
| install it it is impossible to register it because it is not on a dell
| machine and cannot be automatically registered (No product key is required to
| be entered). Do I have a useless copy of XP home that I paid for, or is there
| some way of getting around it or getting another copy that can actually be
| installed on systems other than dells?
| The liscence agreement for Windows XP does state that I should be allowed to
| take windows off of one machine and install it on another.
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| SV
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