windows xp profesional OEM

Hi i need to know what i need to do if my pc is broken and i need change
my montherboard or all my pc with new one..

I can use my Xp again with my new pc or montherboard with same cd
or i need new cd key and how do i proceed tnx

mihai wrote:

Hi i need to know what i need to do if my pc is broken and i need change
my montherboard or all my pc with new one..

I can use my Xp again with my new pc or montherboard with same cd
or i need new cd key and how do i proceed tnx

It depends. If you're using an OEM version of XP, then it dies with
the PC. OEM versions are serviced by the OEM, not Microsoft, and most
of them will not let you use your OS on a new motherboard (unless you
buy it from them, and even then...)

If it's a retail version of XP, then you can move it from one computer
to another without a problem.

--
Tim Slattery

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

mihai wrote:
Hi i need to know what i need to do if my pc is broken and i need change
my montherboard or all my pc with new one..

I can use my Xp again with my new pc or montherboard with same cd
or i need new cd key and how do i proceed tnx



What kind of OEM?

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Make/model of current PC?

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Hi i need to know what i need to do if my pc is broken and i need
change
my montherboard or all my pc with new one..

I can use my Xp again with my new pc or montherboard with same cd
or i need new cd key and how do i proceed tnx

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Hi i need to know what i need to do if my pc is broken and i need
change
my montherboard or all my pc with new one..

I can use my Xp again with my new pc or montherboard with
same cd
or i need new cd key and how do i proceed tnx



OEM use only on original computer.

If you replace the whole thing, NO, you can't (by contract) but a generic
OEM cd would probably install and activate anyway.

Only the motherboard? yes, if you have a generic OEM cd; if your CD is
branded (Dell, Acer, Gateway, HP, etc.), you need an identical motherboard
because probably the installation is BIOS-locked.

If you need to buy a new computer, and you buy a branded PC, it will
probably come with Windows7 pre-installed so you will have a new license
anyway.

On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:15:01 -0800, mihai
wrote:

Hi i need to know what i need to do if my pc is broken and i need change
my montherboard or all my pc with new one..

I can use my Xp again with my new pc or montherboard with same cd
or i need new cd key and how do i proceed tnx



Why do you think its "broken" ?

mihai wrote:

Hi i need to know what i need to do if my pc is broken and i need change
my montherboard or all my pc with new one..

I can use my Xp again with my new pc or montherboard with same cd
or i need new cd key and how do i proceed tnx


Despite the extrapolations by other posters to make up conditions that do
not exist, you are only required to comply with what the EULA actually
states. Does it actually state that you cannot make repairs your hardware?
No, it does not. It doesn't even state that you cannot upgrade THAT
computer. You may, however, run into a problem if the install media is BIOS
locked to a brand and model (and you replace with something different). You
don't mention whose OEM version you have.