Can I use my XP on my new computer

I have a genuine windows xp that I use on my laptop. The bad news is my laptop has finaly given up the ghost and gone to rest with the other old laptops in hardware heaven.
I'll be buying a replacement and this doesn't come with windows installed. Can I legally use the xp version from my previous laptop.

 

yes it should not be a problem call microsoft by phone for your activations
if you activate your windows more then three month ago you should be fine...

 

If it is just the Hard drive on the old laptop, that should be no problem. Otherwise if the Mainboard, or LCD, try selling it for parts.

 

If you purchased a retail version of WinXP and installed it on the now-defunct laptop, you can transfer the license to a new machine. If the dead laptop came with an OEM version of Windows installed, that license is technically valid only for the machine it was purchased with.

 

TheDoug is correct... Windows Desktop operating systems preinstalled on a PC cannot be transferred or reassigned to another machine. The license is always tied to the original PC on which it was installed, even if the PC is no longer in use. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/build.mspx

 

The answer to your question: Yes you can transfer you software to a new hard drive/laptop but you must contact the software manufacture not the hardware manufacturer.

Software Product Transfer. You may permanently transfer all of Your rights under this EULA only as part of a sale or transfer of the HARDWARE, provided You retain no copies, You transfer all of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT (including all component parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA and, if applicable, the Certificate(s) of Authenticity and Confirmation Number(s)), and the recipient agrees to the terms of this EULA. If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is an upgrade, any transfer must include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

If you do not contact MS this can happen:
Because you software was loaded by the laptop manufacturer the automatic upgrades require a match to the hardware code and the software code. these are specific to each product if the software automatically starts an upgrade and these numbers dont match the upgrade will fail.

"HARDWARE" shall mean the computer system or computer system component with which You received the Eligible Product. A SOFTWARE PRODUCT labeled as an upgrade replaces and/or supplements (and may disable, if upgrading a Microsoft product) the Eligible Product which came with the HARDWARE. You may use the resulting upgraded product only in accordance with the terms of this EULA and only with the HARDWARE. If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is an upgrade of a component of a package of software programs that You licensed as a single product, the SOFTWARE PRODUCT may be used only as part of that single product package and may not be separated for use on more than one COMPUTER.

General License Grant to Install and Use. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this EULA, You may only install and use one copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on the COMPUTER. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT may not be installed, accessed, displayed, run, shared or used concurrently on or from different computers, including a workstation, terminal or other digital or analog electronic device

 

Yes, if the laptop wasn't dead, and he was selling it to a friend, the OEM license is transferable to the buyer, as it's staying on the machine it originally came with. Then the portion of the EULA you quote would apply. That's not the case here, however.

 

Technically, an OEM version of the software can ONLY be used on the machine that it was sold with.

Being your laptop died, I would believe this might be an exception. You could contact Microsoft and find out for sure.

In my eyes, you sill have the EULA so you have rights to use the software. The laptop it was originally delivered on is dead so there is no case where the software is existing on more than one machine. Microsoft got paid for this particular copy of the software. So, there should be no problem. Call to be sure.

 

As OEM licenses cost the builder less than retail ones, their use is more restrictive. The EULA from WinXP OEM, whose language differs from the retail version EULA, specifies:

The sad truth is that different versions of Windows come with different licenses, and certain events can cause those licenses to expire. You are, of course, free to call MS and inquire, but I wouldn't get your hopes up.