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Windows on a different pc

  • 22-04-2008 10:56pm
    #1
    sternn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 929 ✭✭✭


    I bought windows 2 years ago at this stage, XP pro. The computer i registered it on is now in the bin. Is there any way i can now install that on another computer?


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  • #2
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    If it's the full retail boxed version then yes you can. The OEM versions cannot be transferred though. The licence dies with the machine.


  • #3
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    i wouldn't say that exactly. it CAN be transferred, it's just not legal to do so


  • #4
    sternn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 929 ✭✭✭sternn


    So i cant ring up microsoft and tell them that I have got rid of my computer with xp on it? (its gone to the recycling centre with a destroyed hard drive)

    Will it just not let me register it when its on the other computer?


  • #5
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    sternn wrote: »
    Will it just not let me register it when its on the other computer?

    It all depends on the licence. Is it an OEM of full retail licence? If it's OEM, then you won't be able to activate it on the new PC. If it's full retail, you should be able to activate it. Probably won't activate over the Internet, as it's previously been activated, but if you ring the activation line and tell them the old computer has been scrapped, they should give you a new activation number.


  • #6
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    i wouldn't say that exactly. it CAN be transferred, it's just not legal to do so

    Thats why I didn't say it.:pac:


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,583 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    sternn wrote: »
    So i cant ring up microsoft and tell them that I have got rid of my computer with xp on it? (its gone to the recycling centre with a destroyed hard drive)

    Will it just not let me register it when its on the other computer?
    Don't forget that microsoft outsource call centres so the person you talk to may no be a microsoft employee.

    OEM license is bound to the Motherboard and lives/dies with it.
    There are plenty of free OS's around - Ubuntu 8 is just about to be released.


  • #8
    glomar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭glomar


    I would agree with what the others say if its oem is bound to the machine it was installed on .

    Using an oem cd on another manufacturers pc will not work either as the oem cd's look for the manafacturers id in the bios so if its say a dell and your installing on a hp it will say no way your not a dell system .


  • #9
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    glomar wrote: »
    I would agree with what the others say if its oem is bound to the machine it was installed on .

    Using an oem cd on another manufacturers pc will not work either as the oem cd's look for the manafacturers id in the bios so if its say a dell and your installing on a hp it will say no way your not a dell system .

    No it won't. It will install but won't activate.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    glomar wrote: »
    I would agree with what the others say if its oem is bound to the machine it was installed on .

    Using an oem cd on another manufacturers pc will not work either as the oem cd's look for the manafacturers id in the bios so if its say a dell and your installing on a hp it will say no way your not a dell system .
    That's only true for branded OEM discs. Generic OEM discs will install on whatever the hell you want once you have the licence.

    For boxed retail copies of Windows XP, the activation server discards the activation data if the server hasn't been contacted for 120 days (Source). So you can activate it on another machine without a hitch though its entirely illegal to do so unless it has been removed from the old machine beforehand.


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