Guest ozzie1451 Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 I have and older compaq computer which had win 98. I have upgraded to win xp some time ago. I do not use this computer anymore. I have another dell computer with win 2000 which I use. How can I cancel activation of XP on older compaq computer which I do not use and reinstall and activate XP on newer Dell computer legally. Thanks for your help
Guest Alias Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: XP reinstallation and activation ozzie1451 wrote: > I have and older compaq computer which had win 98. I have upgraded to win xp > some time ago. I do not use this computer anymore. I have another dell > computer with win 2000 which I use. How can I cancel activation of XP on > older compaq computer which I do not use and reinstall and activate XP on > newer Dell computer legally. Thanks for your help You can't "deactivate" as that's not part of MS' flawed activation program. Just load it on to the new computer and it will activate on line without any problems even if it's a generic OEM version. Alias
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: XP reinstallation and activation On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 04:30:00 -0700, ozzie1451 <ozzie1451@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have and older compaq computer which had win 98. I have upgraded to win xp > some time ago. I do not use this computer anymore. I have another dell > computer with win 2000 which I use. How can I cancel activation of XP on > older compaq computer which I do not use There is no such thing as "canceling activation," nor is there any need to do anything like it. > and reinstall and activate XP on > newer Dell computer legally. Thanks for your help Your copy of XP is an Upgrade version? In that case, it's retail, not OEM, and you are free to move it to another computer as desired. Simply remove it from the old computer (formatting it is probably the easiest way to do that) and install it on the new one. After installation, just activate normally. If it's been at least 120 days since last activation, it should work over the internet just as it did before. Worst case, if fewer than 120 days, you'll be prompted to do it by a quick and easy voice call. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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