Upgrade from xp to windows 10

[Tom12978]

Hello,

I have recently upgraded my laptop that was running windows 8.1 to windows 10. When I was doing this, I was asked if I wanted to create a copy of the install to upgrade my other computers. I also have an older desktop pc running windows xp. Is it ok to use the copy to upgrade the xp, as I recently found out that you need to pay to upgrade from xp. Basically, by having one copy of windows 8.1, does this allow me to upgrade another pc running xp for free?

Thanks

Tom

 

[MassEffectIT]

Is your Windows 8.1 retail or OEM? If it's OEM, you most likely cannot install it (or use the serial to activate) on any other machine. So this would not work.