XP Pro activation

[Mike Julian]

I have a Compaq notebook that had XP installed. I took it
off and installed W2K as soon as I got the notebook home.
My question is am I free now to install the XP on a
computer that I am building since it is not installed on
anything else??

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Mike Julian > typed:

> I have a Compaq notebook that had XP installed. I took it
> off and installed W2K as soon as I got the notebook home.
> My question is am I free now to install the XP on a
> computer that I am building since it is not installed on
> anything else??


Presumably the XP came with the Compaq. In that case it's an OEM
version, and that makes the answer to your question no.

The license for an OEM version ties it permanently to the first
computer it's installed on. Whether it's installed on anything
else is irrelevant; it can't be installed on any other computer.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No. Preinstalled OEM versions of Windows XP cannot be installed
on any computer other than the one it was originally installed on.
The manufacturer prevents installation by incorporating a BIOS
checking feature in their version of XP, and if a specific BIOS version
is not found, installation will cease.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Mike Julian" > wrote in message:
...

| I have a Compaq notebook that had XP installed. I took it
| off and installed W2K as soon as I got the notebook home.
| My question is am I free now to install the XP on a
| computer that I am building since it is not installed on
| anything else??

[Yves Leclerc]

NO! XP Pro is OEM by Compaq for your notebook only!!

Y.


"Mike Julian" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Compaq notebook that had XP installed. I took it
> off and installed W2K as soon as I got the notebook home.
> My question is am I free now to install the XP on a
> computer that I am building since it is not installed on
> anything else??

[kurttrail]

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Mike Julian wrote:

> I have a Compaq notebook that had XP installed. I took it
> off and installed W2K as soon as I got the notebook home.
> My question is am I free now to install the XP on a
> computer that I am building since it is not installed on
> anything else??

I really love how all the MicroButt-Kissers automatically assumed that
you have an OEM copy of XP.

Since Compaq, to my knowledge uses a recovery CD, but doesn't give an
install CD with the computers they build, a recovery CD won't work on
any other computer than one of the same model as your laptop.

Now if you installed XP yourself with a Installation CD, then you should
have no problem doing what you want, and you can tell on the
MicroSychophants to go blow out their asses.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No, of course not. You have an OEM license. OEM versions must be
sold with a piece of hardware (normally a motherboard or hard drive,
if not an entire PC, although Microsoft has greatly relaxed the
hardware criteria for WinXP) and are _permanently_ bound to the first
PC on which they are installed. An OEM license, once installed, is
not legally transferable to another computer under _any_
circumstances.

Secondly, Compaq OEM CDs are BIOS-locked, as an anti-theft
measure, and will only install on the specific PC model(s) for which
they were designed.

Bruce Chambers

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"Mike Julian" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Compaq notebook that had XP installed. I took it
> off and installed W2K as soon as I got the notebook home.
> My question is am I free now to install the XP on a
> computer that I am building since it is not installed on
> anything else??