On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:02:43 -0400, Kagamin <s...@here.lot> wrote:
Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:
OEM copies are not transferrable, but those will only work on the
vendor's
BIOS key anyways. So they are "technically" transferrable to another
system with the same vendor, but I don't think the license officially
permits it.
I think, OEM copy can be transferred with computer on which it's
installed.
I think Nick means "transferrable to a different machine". Of course the
OS can stay installed on the computer its installed on.
OEM versions of XP use SLP licensing, which means the BIOS contains a
special key in a certain location in memory, and the OEM version of XP
will only activate if that key is present (in fact, the SLP key *is* the
activation, there is no internet-based activation).
Case in point, if you get a Dell with an XP pro disk, you can install the
disk on any system, even ones that are licensed for XP home, and it does
not require activation.
-Steve
