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Windows Product activation / reselling windows

  • 29-11-2006 3:35pm
    #1
    Cassiel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭


    I have Windows XP home editionthat I'd like to sell (want to change to MCE 2005), I've had to activate it over the phone a few times now due to reinstalls and hardware tinkering. Is this an issue, can it be sold on? How do I know if its retail or OEM. No box, its in an A4 sized gatefold packaging.

    Cheers,
    C


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    No box, its in an A4 sized gatefold packaging.
    Sounds like an OEM. A retail version would have been bought by you, not delivered with hardware.

    OEM software cannot be sold without the hardware (motherboard) that its bound to by license.


  • #3
    Cassiel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭Cassiel


    Bought it on ebay so I don't know its origin as such.


  • #4
    giddyup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭giddyup


    Check your EULA. You'll find it in the i386 folder (eula.txt). The EULAID at the bottom of the file should indicate if it's an OEM verison. Also run sysdm.cpl. There is a number on the general tab which may or may not contain OEM - i.e. it will be xxxxx-OEM-xxxxxxx-xxxxx.


  • #5
    Cassiel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭Cassiel


    Hi,
    I got this a the bottom of the eula:
    EULAID:XPSP1_RM.1_HOM_RTL_EN

    and there was no OEM in the number, so its retail?
    giddyup wrote:
    Check your EULA. You'll find it in the i386 folder (eula.txt). The EULAID at the bottom of the file should indicate if it's an OEM verison. Also run sysdm.cpl. There is a number on the general tab which may or may not contain OEM - i.e. it will be xxxxx-OEM-xxxxxxx-xxxxx.


  • #6
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    It looks like it's retail alright...


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  • #7
    Cassiel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭Cassiel


    Cheers, retail it is. Thanks for the help all.


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