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From: mf on 5 Oct 2009 18:13 I have a question about installing xp using some old licenses we have in our office. We were thinking of buying some new pc's for our office without an os installed. The reason being that we have some older obsolete pc's that are dead but still have the xp license. I tried to experiment by installing with one of the old keys on a laptop I have laying around but it didn't work. The keys are legal and legit but the oem install cd only works with the license it came with. We don't have the install cd's anymore that came with the now defunct pc's. I'm trying to find out if I can get a backup cd for the licenses for xp that I have but can't install from microsoft.
From: Peter Foldes on 5 Oct 2009 19:28 Those older PC's that you have licenses for died along with the PC's -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "mf" <mf(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A899EBA7-9D9E-4C3A-A9DE-ED6196EC6AD4(a)microsoft.com... >I have a question about installing xp using some old licenses we have in our > office. We were thinking of buying some new pc's for our office without an > os installed. The reason being that we have some older obsolete pc's that > are dead but still have the xp license. I tried to experiment by installing > with one of the old keys on a laptop I have laying around but it didn't work. > The keys are legal and legit but the oem install cd only works with the > license it came with. We don't have the install cd's anymore that came with > the now defunct pc's. I'm trying to find out if I can get a backup cd for > the licenses for xp that I have but can't install from microsoft.
From: mf on 6 Oct 2009 14:30 You mean the license is no good? How can that be? Xp was installed on PC's without an OS, so you can use the license as long as it is installed on only one computer. At least that is my understanding. "Peter Foldes" wrote: > Those older PC's that you have licenses for died along with the PC's > > -- > Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. > > "mf" <mf(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A899EBA7-9D9E-4C3A-A9DE-ED6196EC6AD4(a)microsoft.com... > >I have a question about installing xp using some old licenses we have in our > > office. We were thinking of buying some new pc's for our office without an > > os installed. The reason being that we have some older obsolete pc's that > > are dead but still have the xp license. I tried to experiment by installing > > with one of the old keys on a laptop I have laying around but it didn't work. > > The keys are legal and legit but the oem install cd only works with the > > license it came with. We don't have the install cd's anymore that came with > > the now defunct pc's. I'm trying to find out if I can get a backup cd for > > the licenses for xp that I have but can't install from microsoft. > >
From: Peter Foldes on 6 Oct 2009 18:01 > The keys are legal and legit but the oem install cd only works with the >license it came with. We don't have the install cd's anymore that came with >the now defunct pc's. I'm trying to find out if I can get a backup cd for >the licenses for xp that I have but can't install from microsoft. That is not what you said in your original post as per above -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "mf" <mf(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:38F83F6E-7D4F-4347-B348-277194E1FCE7(a)microsoft.com... > You mean the license is no good? How can that be? Xp was installed on PC's > without an OS, so you can use the license as long as it is installed on only > one computer. At least that is my understanding. > > "Peter Foldes" wrote: > >> Those older PC's that you have licenses for died along with the PC's >> >> -- >> Peter >> >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >> >> "mf" <mf(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:A899EBA7-9D9E-4C3A-A9DE-ED6196EC6AD4(a)microsoft.com... >> >I have a question about installing xp using some old licenses we have in our >> > office. We were thinking of buying some new pc's for our office without an >> > os installed. The reason being that we have some older obsolete pc's that >> > are dead but still have the xp license. I tried to experiment by installing >> > with one of the old keys on a laptop I have laying around but it didn't work. >> > The keys are legal and legit but the oem install cd only works with the >> > license it came with. We don't have the install cd's anymore that came with >> > the now defunct pc's. I'm trying to find out if I can get a backup cd for >> > the licenses for xp that I have but can't install from microsoft. >> >>
From: David B. on 7 Oct 2009 09:05
OEM licenses are tied to the original PC they are installed on, they cannot be transferred to another PC for any reason. -- -- "mf" <mf(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:38F83F6E-7D4F-4347-B348-277194E1FCE7(a)microsoft.com... > You mean the license is no good? How can that be? Xp was installed on > PC's > without an OS, so you can use the license as long as it is installed on > only > one computer. At least that is my understanding. > > "Peter Foldes" wrote: > >> Those older PC's that you have licenses for died along with the PC's >> >> -- >> Peter >> >> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. >> >> "mf" <mf(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:A899EBA7-9D9E-4C3A-A9DE-ED6196EC6AD4(a)microsoft.com... >> >I have a question about installing xp using some old licenses we have in >> >our >> > office. We were thinking of buying some new pc's for our office >> > without an >> > os installed. The reason being that we have some older obsolete pc's >> > that >> > are dead but still have the xp license. I tried to experiment by >> > installing >> > with one of the old keys on a laptop I have laying around but it didn't >> > work. >> > The keys are legal and legit but the oem install cd only works with the >> > license it came with. We don't have the install cd's anymore that came >> > with >> > the now defunct pc's. I'm trying to find out if I can get a backup cd >> > for >> > the licenses for xp that I have but can't install from microsoft. >> >> |