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From: Angry American on 3 Apr 2008 22:50

"RobV" <robv(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
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> Mr. Bro wrote:
>> I'm just about done gathering all my assemblies:
>> P5K-Deluxe
>> Q6600 CPU
>> Asus EN6600GT Vid
>> 650 W PSU
>> Antec P182 Case
>> 2 GB DDR2 Mem.
>>
>> Now comes the OS. Want to use Win XP Pro upgrade.
>> Would a OEM Disc be good or should I stick with the retail version?
>> I know there is no support for the OEM and can only be used once.
>> I'm retired and have limited funds. Built my present system 5 years
>> ago and have Win XP home retail SP2, so using an Upgrade will be no
>> problem as I still have the key. Any thoughts appreciated
>
> Here's XP Pro OEM. AFAIK, you can use it on another computer you build,
> just not two at once. Vista is very much more restrictive on that
> (besides, it's a bad OS).
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116400
>

Legally you cannot use a OEM version of any MS software on a second machine,
regardless of the fact that the original has been retired. It is supposed to
die with the hardware. This has been true since the beginning, back in the
MS-DOS days. MS is just getting better at stopping the abuse.

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