Meh, this question is probably been asked before but i couldn't find any relevent results searching. A friend of the mine is building me a computer and to curb costs i was wondering whether i could take the windows xp home edition cd, from old pc, and install it on my new one using same key, my old computer will be rendered useless anyway as we are using parts from it. Then when xp says to activate it over the net, will it let me? I am guessing i will probably have to ring up microsoft to sought it out. Or would it be better just to buy the OS again.
If you are installing on a new machine, and the old machine is going to be "destroyed" then you should be able to use it - unless it's an OEM version, in which case it's licensed to that specific machine and can not be used with another hardware.
I just Ran microsoft and told them that my other computer has been formated , which it had, and they gave me a new code., just dont use both systems with the same key or activation online and you will be fine, the minute you do, they may block both your systems from use...
I think MS would rather have you using a legit version of windows (even if it breaks the oem "t&c). I got xp pro cheaply from trade me by buying a second hand OEM version.
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