i recently acquired a licensed copy of Windows XP and MS Office through my scholarship. I intend to install it in my AMD Sempron which was 2 yrs.old. I have a plan of buying a new system in the next 6 0r 7 months. If i installed it there, can't i re-use it in my incoming new system?
2006-11-04 23:29:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
No! You'll have to get a new license for the new system that will be coming.
2006-11-04 23:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by agent-X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
legally you cannot have the same copy of windows running on two machines. if it is an OEM version, it's mot only illegal but impossible.
I'm guessing since you got it from the college, (that's how I got mine, my cousin picked it at the college bookstore) it's not the OEM, it's the retail student version I have. You can install it now, but you can't use on the old machine after you install it on the new one. that's legally. I think if you let enough time go by, a year or so, between installs, MS loses track and you can have it running on two systems. I'm not sure on this. all i know is i had a laptop die on me, i moved the xp install and license to a crappy computer i threw together out of spare parts, a project that failed miserably, later I fixed the laptop that the license was transfered from, it booted up, passes all the validation checks, even though the license was supposedly moved to another computer. I been using it a year now like that with no problem. But then I'm not using the "legal" computer anymore. i don't know what would happen if they both logged on at the same time.
2006-11-05 00:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. Read the licensing agreement.
OEM copies of software (Original Equipment Maker - will usually say "OEM" somewhere on the disk) can only be used on the computer they come with. Other copies (that are NOT OEM) can have the license transferred. Just remove it from the first computer it's on and put it on another computer. Due to activation security, you might have to call Microsoft to Activate it.
Microsoft Office's license agreement (for retail/upgrade copies) also permits you to install it on another computer (such as a laptop) where you are the EXCLUSIVE user. But again, OEM copies do not permit this.
2006-11-04 23:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by lwcomputing 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Installing the OS on another system will work. However, you will not be able to use the same product key “legally” on the other machines. As such, you might get the “non authentic” windows version message. Good luck.
2006-11-04 23:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by blackpus88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 07:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u got to acquire another serial from microsoft by reporting your problem to them i am sure they would help u but its no way u can use same os and moffice as geniuen in two comps
2006-11-04 23:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by mithun 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋