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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Once an OEM version of Windows XP is installed and
> activated, it cannot be reinstalled nor reactivated on a
> different PC in the future. The OEM license is forever
> tied to the very first PC it was installed and activated on.
Perhaps I didn't make sense. I no longer have the PC (say Computer A) that I
got the CD with. Could I use the disc with the COA from another PC (Computer
B) ?
(Ie would it re-install on my girlfriend's PC with her COA key - Windows
came pre-installed on her machine) ?
>
> Only a "Retail Version" of Windows XP may be transferred
> to a different PC in the future.
>
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
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>
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> "Brian Wescombe" wrote:
>
> | I received an OEM Windows XP CD with my old PC. It's a Generic Microsoft
> | holographic CD (ie not from a particular make of PC).
> |
> | If I installed Windows on a PC and used that PC's product key from the
> COA
> | sticker, would it activate over the internet without needing me to make
> a
> | phone call to MS?
>