Dell OEM XP Home: 2 Questions

[Athlon4all]

Hey ya all. The Lord recently provided my family with a new Dell laptop, and it came preloaded with XP Home. I am really missing the Offline Files feature of XP/2000 Pro and I am considering putting my license of XP Pro on the laptop. I have now 2 questions related to this:

1. Will I have a problem installing the Dell OEM XP Home on a non-Dell computer? There is a dedicated Dell XP Home CD that appears normal enough (ie it does have a i386 directory, the Autoplay has no Dell on it), I just recall something about OEM Windows' being BIOS Locked to that single machine.
2. An annoying thing I am finding in XP Home is that I do not have as much control over the NTFS Security. I can only say Make Folder Private or Make it Public. In XP Pro, it started like this, but there is an option in Folder Options that allows me to use the NT-Like Security. In XP Home, there is no such option. Is there a registry hack to get the NT-like Security? I'm not looking for a hack to make my Home into a Professional version.

Thanks!!!

 

[jimmyhaha]

I also want to know the answer, anyone know ?

 

[kurt454]

No. The Dell CD is a 'System Restore' CD. It is bios locked and will not work on a non Dell machine.

 

[Athlon4all]

Thanks Kurt. I found out that the licnese states that we can only use an OEM Windows with the PC it originally came with so thats that thanks for answering! God Bless!

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: kurt454
No. The Dell CD is a 'System Restore' CD. It is bios locked and will not work on a non Dell machine.

Not quite. Its not a System Restore CD. It's a full operating system install CD. But it is locked into the dell bios. So while its a full OS CD, it won't work in a non dell machine.

 

[kurt454]

Originally posted by: Derango

Originally posted by: kurt454
No. The Dell CD is a 'System Restore' CD. It is bios locked and will not work on a non Dell machine.

Not quite. Its not a System Restore CD. It's a full operating system install CD. But it is locked into the dell bios. So while its a full OS CD, it won't work in a non dell machine.

You are correct.

 

[Wheelhop]

I bought Win Xp Home full Oem version when I bought a hard drive 3 months ago. Now I'm getting a whole new system in January(It'll be running raid so I won't be using the same hard drive I just bought). And now I'm wondering if I have to buy XP again or if I can use the one I have already. Although I know nothing about setting up a raid system so maybe I should just buy it so they can set it all up for me before delivery. Is it hard to set up raid? Do you have to deactivate XP before you can install your copy on a new system? I have no clue how this all works!

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Wheelhop
I bought Win Xp Home full Oem version when I bought a hard drive 3 months ago. Now I'm getting a whole new system in January(It'll be running raid so I won't be using the same hard drive I just bought). And now I'm wondering if I have to buy XP again or if I can use the one I have already. Although I know nothing about setting up a raid system so maybe I should just buy it so they can set it all up for me before delivery. Is it hard to set up raid? Do you have to deactivate XP before you can install your copy on a new system? I have no clue how this all works!

I don't think those OEM versions are tied to the drive like the Dell versions are tied to the bios, so I don't believe you'll have a problem when you reinstall. Worse case is you'll need to call MS and activate (if it is tied to the drive, the drive could be your third drive in the system, no requirement for it to be your boot or primary drive)

Bill

 

[Athlon4all]

Well, I think that by the terms of the EULA, you can use the same XP Home OEM on your new system if the same hardware that the XP Home was bought with (the hard drives) are used.

 

[Tash]

I bought a Dell system 4 months ago and I just installed it on a non-dell machine yesterday. No problem. It doesn't ask for the Product Key, but it does require activation.

 

[Tash]

Durango or Kurt -

Like I said in my other post, I just tried to install the XP Home CD I got with my Dell system on another machine and seemed to install just fine. What exactly does yours do if you try to install it on another machine?

 

[kurt454]

I have not tried it with my new Dell 4550 XP CD. I tried an older Dell Windows 2000 copy on an AMD machine, and it would not install. Error message said something about it not being a Dell. I took the CD to work and tried it on an older Dell with Win98SE, and it installed fine.