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I purchased a HP Laptop with preinstalled Windows XP. The laptop has not worked for a few years now.
I have recently purchased a desktop and can I use the same license key to get Windows XP installed on my desktop.
Note I have misplaced my original windows install CD but have the Laptop and the Windows XP product code is available to me.
Edit:
The HP Laptop came with a OEM license with sticker on the back.
Tried pointing out the legality, even provided links to copies of the EULA for multiple different versions of Windows. You guys want to disagree with the people at Microsoft? You go right ahead. – Bon Gart – 2013-09-19T16:12:53.257
No, I'd rather line myself up with what they've published themselves, what the entirety of the internet community holds to be true, and what the certification training I have in Windows Licensing says is true.
– Moses – 2013-09-19T16:22:53.5671@BonGart The EULA you linked to in your deleted answer is the Retail EULA, I don't know why it was on your CD. The EULA for your installed copy is located at
%WINDIR%\System32\eula.txt
– Scott Chamberlain – 2013-09-19T17:39:11.743@ScottChamberlain I linked to two OEM EULAs and one Retail EULA. The one that came off the machine and sent to slideshare, came off the machine. No need to assume incorrectly I pulled it off an installation DVD. The one you decided to nit-pick over was specific in its wording about sharing/transferring/using concurrently on MULTIPLE computers. The language was specific in the use of the PLURAL. The language was also very specific in when it referred to a single computer, and the EULA did not address whether the license could be transferred to a single computer. – Bon Gart – 2013-09-19T23:19:54.657
@BonGart I guess so. I'll give them a call. XD – Moses – 2013-09-20T01:01:14.390
@BonGart the OEM EULA clearly states (sorry for caps, copied from EULA): "THIS LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED, TRANSFERRED TO OR USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS." If you remove the OR clauses you are left with "This licence may not be ... transferred to ... different computers" http://download.microsoft.com/Documents/UseTerms/Windows%20XP_Professional%20Service%20Pack%201_English_79bd8d69-0b9f-4dcb-b320-c96024492b49.pdf
– Mokubai – 2013-10-13T16:54:40.397