Windows XP from one computer to another??

[Lopyswine]

so my girlfriend is in law school.

she had a old laptop she used for her first year.

the school issues everyone full copies of xp pro. i activated that copy on her laptop.

now its her second year and she has purchased a new laptop without a OS. the school tech department said to use her cd and install on her new laptop. of course formating her old laptop so that the copy is only on one box.

but heres my question, now i have installed xp on the new computer HOW DO I ACTIVATE? from what i understand, when you activate they take down info about your computer, model, processor... etc.

so when i try to activate for her new laptop it wont match?

should i activate by phone and tell them this is a new computer?

 

[corkyg]

If it is like my official academic version, no activation will be required. All you need is the key ID.

 

[cleverhandle]

It's probably a Volume License, so she won't be subject to the usual activation restrictions. There will still be the normal "Activate Windows" dialogs, but with VL's they pretty much just check that the Product Key is valid and leave you alone after that.

 

[Leros]

Technically what you are doing is illegal. I beleive that Windows is tied to the processor... someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Just try to activate it via internet, if it fails do the telephone activation and tell them you are reinstalling it (don't say anything about a new machine).

Oh, and the Windows XP that my university gave me is just a normal copy. Nothing about academic or volume licensing.

 

[corkyg]

No, Leros, there are faculty academic editions that do not even ask for activation, and they can be put on any number of systems with the same ID Key. And they are legitimate and pass all Microsoft inspections on line.

They are volume licenses. I have mine on all three of my systems - and never have been asked or even seen an activation dialog.

I'm not saying that some student editions might not be restricted. I can't speak for them - that's not what I have.

 

[postmortemIA]

I have MSDNAA (MSDN Academic Alliance) edition that did let me activate it on different computer, but too often activation (i.e. more than 3 in 3 months) woldn't work.

 

[Lopyswine]

i dont think what we are doing is illegal.

we are deleting the one copy to transfer it to a new computer.

her school issued her the copy and she needs it for class.

how can it be illegal?

 

[sdy284]

Leros, Windows is NOT tied to the processor

Q. How does this licensing policy affect products such as Microsoft Windows XP Professional?

A. Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Windows XP Home are not affected by this policy as they are licensed per installation and not per processor. Windows XP Professional can support up to two processors regardless of the number of cores on the processor. Microsoft Windows XP Home supports one processor.

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/highlights/multicore.mspx

so no, what he's doing is NOT illegal