Guest Shane Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 I bought an OEM xp professional edition. I wish to know what the differences between oem and the standard edition. My question is , I intend to upgrade my computer specs. Will I run into problems reinstalling OEM xp windows on my new upgraded set of computer? Thanks for any help
Guest NeilH Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Re: OEM windows XP Professional "Shane" <Shane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0FB214FD-B180-4E41-A7F9-51562A3A8EAE@microsoft.com... > I bought an OEM xp professional edition. I wish to know what the differences > between oem and the standard edition. My question is , I intend to upgrade my > computer specs. Will I run into problems reinstalling OEM xp windows on my > new upgraded set of computer? Thanks for any help And your SERVER question is?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Re: OEM windows XP Professional "Shane" <Shane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0FB214FD-B180-4E41-A7F9-51562A3A8EAE@microsoft.com... >I bought an OEM xp professional edition. I wish to know what the >differences > between oem and the standard edition. My question is , I intend to upgrade > my > computer specs. Will I run into problems reinstalling OEM xp windows on my > new upgraded set of computer? Thanks for any help This is a Windows Server newsgroup. Best to post this question in a Windows XP newsgroup.
Guest Brian Cryer Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Re: OEM windows XP Professional "Shane" <Shane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0FB214FD-B180-4E41-A7F9-51562A3A8EAE@microsoft.com... >I bought an OEM xp professional edition. I wish to know what the >differences > between oem and the standard edition. My question is , I intend to upgrade > my > computer specs. Will I run into problems reinstalling OEM xp windows on my > new upgraded set of computer? Thanks for any help Whilst both NeilH and Pegasus are right in saying its the wrong group for the question (there are a number of microsoft xp groups), the answer to your question is: yes - you will most likley run into problem reinstalling an OEM version of xp. It should *install* okay, but you probably won't be able to *activate* it because the hardware will be different. -- Brian Cryer http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 11, 2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Re: OEM windows XP Professional "Brian Cryer" <not.here@localhost> wrote in message news:O$F81z$EJHA.3488@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Shane" <Shane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:0FB214FD-B180-4E41-A7F9-51562A3A8EAE@microsoft.com... >>I bought an OEM xp professional edition. I wish to know what the >>differences >> between oem and the standard edition. My question is , I intend to >> upgrade my >> computer specs. Will I run into problems reinstalling OEM xp windows on >> my >> new upgraded set of computer? Thanks for any help > > Whilst both NeilH and Pegasus are right in saying its the wrong group for > the question (there are a number of microsoft xp groups), the answer to > your question is: yes - you will most likley run into problem reinstalling > an OEM version of xp. It should *install* okay, but you probably won't be > able to *activate* it because the hardware will be different. > -- > Brian Cryer > http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian One of the reasons why posters should select an appropriate newsgroup is that all responses will be peer-reviewed. I don't know if your reply is correct or not but it is unlikely to attract such reviews, because it is obviously in the wrong group. Since the OP may not be able to activate his installation, he may (or may not . . .) waste his time.
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