2007-07-25 10:00:44 · 5 answers · asked by Joey R 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The question is a little vague, but you can use Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (in the Accessories->System Tools menu) if you are talking about moving your stuff from one computer to another.
2007-07-25 10:06:28 · answer #1 · answered by Robbie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure you can. Read the following:
Install Problems – What Windows Does –Install on Another Computer – Product Key – 25-character code
When you buy Windows XP in a shrink-wrapped box, you are allowed to install one copy on one PC. When Windows comes pre-installed on a new PC, it stays with the PC. You cannot transfer it from the bundled machine to a different machine. MS uses a technique called “BIOS locking” to make sure the copy stays ties to that specific PC forever.
Windows installer makes you type the 25-character code that’s printed on the case. The Product Activation program looks at various serial numbers inside your PC – the processor, network card, disk drives, etc. – mixes them together, and produces a second 25 character code that identifies your PC. These 50 characters, together, are called the Installation ID.
When you activate XP, you give MS the 50-character Installaton ID. If nobody else activated that 25-character code or if it has been activated with that specific Installation ID (which means you activated this particular copy of XP from the same PC twice) MS send back a 42-character Confirmation ID. The Installation ID and the Confirmation ID are stored on our PC.
If that 25-character code has been already been used on a different PC you will be notified that the number of times you can activate Windows with this product key has been exceeded.
Source: paraphrased from p. 18, Windows Gigabook for Dummies, by Peter Weverka et al.
2007-07-25 10:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boot-up off of the CD of the (2nd) XP and run the installer.
When you install XP for the second time, it will detect the older install. Tell XP you want to overwrite the first install -- assuming you do not need access to the older installed programs in the first installed XP.
2007-07-25 10:05:32 · answer #3 · answered by GinsuMaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy another XP disc and run a repair using the new serial number.
2007-07-25 10:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have xp sp 1 u can upgrade it for free into sp2 on microsoft site
2007-07-25 10:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋