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XP OEM question...

  • 16-04-2007 10:32pm
    #1
    campers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭


    I have a sealed/unused OEM copy of XP Pro, which came with my Dell desktop. A product key is printed on the wrapping.

    It was never used or activated, since my desktop was reformatted with a corporate image and site installation of XP.

    Question is: can I now use this leftover OEM XP on a new laptop which I bought OS-free? Or is this OEM copy tied to its original PC?
    The new lappie is not a Dell.

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    It would be tied to the other machine I think.


  • #3
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭SeanW


    The Win XP was probably pre-activated at the factory. So I think the license is lost.


  • #4
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It's tied to the original PC. You can use that licence to reinstall XP on the desktop machine, but nothing else.


  • #5
    koloughlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭koloughlin


    Let me preface by saying that the Dell oem version of XP might have a more restrictive version of the eula than regular XP, I don't know. However the general xp pro eula does allow you to move the os to another machine. See here http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20XP_Professional_English_9e8a2f82-c320-4301-869f-839a853868a1.pdf. Look for bullet point number 4.

    If you own the workstation personally then it looks like you should be able to transfer it to another machine that you also own. If your employer owns the workstation I don't think you can legally use the license on a personal machine of yours.

    If your eula allows the transfer then the activation process may or may not work automatically for you when you install. If you are legally entitled to install the software and the automatica activation process isn't working for you then call microsoft and they should be able to activate it for you over the phone.


  • #6
    campers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭campers


    Can I use the COA (Cert of Auth) stuck to the PC to activate XP Pro on the laptop? Doesn't that demonstrate that I have both the PC and the OEM cd?


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  • #7
    Alvis
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭Alvis


    I don't see any harm in giving it a try...


  • #8
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    Generally the Dell machines are Pre Activated


  • #9
    maidhc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,668 ✭✭✭maidhc


    Shane O' Malley wrote:
    Generally the Dell machines are Pre Activated

    They are activated to some property in the Dell bios. Not sure what, but any Dell CD will work in any Dell computer of the era without activation.


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