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MS XP Home Licensng Question
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| I am confused about MS XP Licensing Issue. Someone came into my shop and wanted to sell me a Toshiba
Satellite Notebook (6 months old) for a real low price (has the receipt). I know someone who is
interested in it but wants all of the original owner's info wiped so she wants the Restore CDs to
start on a clean state.
If I restore this, it will install XP Home again. When the new owner registers XP Home, is Microsoft
going to give her a problem because it was used before when it was first purchased 6 months ago? If
so, what is the solution?
Tony
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| Navin R. Johnson 2004-02-13, 12:24 pm |
| On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 05:23:42 GMT, Tony <tonyrusso@ureach.com > wrote:
>I am confused about MS XP Licensing Issue. Someone came into my shop and wanted to sell me a Toshiba
>Satellite Notebook (6 months old) for a real low price (has the receipt). I know someone who is
>interested in it but wants all of the original owner's info wiped so she wants the Restore CDs to
>start on a clean state.
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>If I restore this, it will install XP Home again. When the new owner registers XP Home, is Microsoft
>going to give her a problem because it was used before when it was first purchased 6 months ago? If
>so, what is the solution?
>
>Tony
From reading the Microshaft EULA, software licenses are not
transferrable.
If it were me I'd just do the restore then attempt to re-activate
on-line. If that didn't work I'd then call the M$ activation line and
explain the situation to see what they'd recommend. Bottom line is, your
customer will probably have to pay for another license.
NRJ
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| Andrew Tang 2004-02-13, 2:24 pm |
| The WinXP product key is tied to the machine's hardware and you can activate
as many times as you want.
Therefore, you won't have a problem redoing the activation.
I am not sure about registration which is unnecessary (but activation is).
Andy
"Tony" <tonyrusso@ureach.com > wrote in message
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> I am confused about MS XP Licensing Issue. Someone came into my shop and
wanted to sell me a Toshiba
> Satellite Notebook (6 months old) for a real low price (has the receipt).
I know someone who is
> interested in it but wants all of the original owner's info wiped so she
wants the Restore CDs to
> start on a clean state.
>
> If I restore this, it will install XP Home again. When the new owner
registers XP Home, is Microsoft
> going to give her a problem because it was used before when it was first
purchased 6 months ago? If
> so, what is the solution?
>
> Tony
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| Barry Watzman 2004-02-14, 9:23 pm |
| No; the copy of XP is licensed to the MACHINE, not the user or owner (of
the machine). In fact, it's not necessary to "register" ANY copy of XP
at all. Registration and activation are two very different things, and
only activation is required.
Tony wrote:
> I am confused about MS XP Licensing Issue. Someone came into my shop and wanted to sell me a Toshiba
> Satellite Notebook (6 months old) for a real low price (has the receipt). I know someone who is
> interested in it but wants all of the original owner's info wiped so she wants the Restore CDs to
> start on a clean state.
>
> If I restore this, it will install XP Home again. When the new owner registers XP Home, is Microsoft
> going to give her a problem because it was used before when it was first purchased 6 months ago? If
> so, what is the solution?
>
> Tony
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| OK, So when I run the restore cd and it installs a new XP Home on the notebook, are you saying that
the new owner will have no problem activating XP? If so, that would be great.
Tony
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:03:23 GMT, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
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>No; the copy of XP is licensed to the MACHINE, not the user or owner (of
>the machine). In fact, it's not necessary to "register" ANY copy of XP
>at all. Registration and activation are two very different things, and
>only activation is required.
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>Tony wrote:
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| David BlandIII 2004-02-15, 4:24 am |
| As long as it's the same machine there should be no problem.
--
David Bland
"Tony" <tonyrusso@ureach.com > wrote in message
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> OK, So when I run the restore cd and it installs a new XP Home on the
notebook, are you saying that
> the new owner will have no problem activating XP? If so, that would be
great.
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> Tony
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> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:03:23 GMT, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com>
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receipt). I know someone who is[color=blue]
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| Barry Watzman 2004-02-15, 1:24 pm |
| Yes, that is what I'm saying. It will be seen as a reinstallation of
the same product key on the same hardware, which it is, and you can do
that an infinite number of times.
Tony wrote:
> OK, So when I run the restore cd and it installs a new XP Home on the notebook, are you saying that
> the new owner will have no problem activating XP? If so, that would be great.
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> Tony
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> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 02:03:23 GMT, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
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| OK, Thanks for the info Barry
Tony
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:58:28 GMT, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
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>Yes, that is what I'm saying. It will be seen as a reinstallation of
>the same product key on the same hardware, which it is, and you can do
>that an infinite number of times.
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>Tony wrote:
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| Rick Rottman 2004-02-16, 2:24 pm |
| Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>No; the copy of XP is licensed to the MACHINE, not the user or owner (of
>the machine).
When is the machine not considered the machine anymore? Can one
change out the hard drive and still install the restore CD to the new
hard drive?
- Rick
Needs More Cow Bell
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