Don't need WIN XP upgrade just purchased. What can I do?

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Just purchased WINXP Home edition to upgrade a WIN 98 computer which had
been having problems, which we thought were software related.
XP home installed and was activated and registered.
However, the computer problems appear to be hardware related and after doing
the math I have decided that buying a new computer with XP already installed
is the wiser way to go.
Needless to say, I now own a copy of XP that I don't need.
What can I do if I want to give it to someone who can use it? I have a
friend who can use it.
Can they activate and register it?
What is the procedure?
Thanks,
Dave
 
NEVER NEVER NEVER upgrade the operating system in an
attempt to solve a problem . . . it NEVER (!!!) works . . .
 
works . . .
....
Welllll, uhhhh, yes, it certainly does work! It's
simply a matter of knowing that the problem is a
shortcoming of h te present OS and is a feature in the
new OS. Your closed mind and wish to be noticed are
two of your most brilliantly shining attributes. I'd
think you'd want to hide that more th an you do. You
should look for a job at egos-R-US.

Pop
 
Sell or give ALL of the materials that came with the XP
upgrade (boxes, papers, the CD or course and a bill of sale)
Your friend can install and activate and register the
upgrade. If you already installed and activated it, be sure
to remove it from the old computer and give your friend a
statement to that effect.


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| NEVER NEVER NEVER upgrade the operating system in an
| attempt to solve a problem . . . it NEVER (!!!) works . .
..
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Just purchased WINXP Home edition to upgrade a WIN 98
| computer which had
| >been having problems, which we thought were software
| related.
| >XP home installed and was activated and registered.
| >However, the computer problems appear to be hardware
| related and after doing
| >the math I have decided that buying a new computer with
| XP already installed
| >is the wiser way to go.
| >Needless to say, I now own a copy of XP that I don't
need.
| >What can I do if I want to give it to someone who can use
| it? I have a
| >friend who can use it.
| >Can they activate and register it?
| >What is the procedure?
| >Thanks,
| >Dave
| >
| >
| >.
| >
 
Greetings --

As long as you've removed the WinXP Upgrade from the computer on
which it first installed, yoyo may resell it or give it away. Be sure
to include the Product Key, Certificate of Authenticity, and any other
documentation along with the transfer of the CD.

Bruce Chambers
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In hx.gbl,
DBF said:
Just purchased WINXP Home edition to upgrade a WIN 98 computer which
had been having problems, which we thought were software related.
XP home installed and was activated and registered.
However, the computer problems appear to be hardware related and
after doing the math I have decided that buying a new computer with
XP already installed is the wiser way to go.
Needless to say, I now own a copy of XP that I don't need.
What can I do if I want to give it to someone who can use it? I have a
friend who can use it.
Can they activate and register it?
What is the procedure?
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If the copy you bought is a retail one, yes, you can give it away
or sell it. The new owner can activate it. If it's been over 120
days, it will activate over the internet normally. If fewer than
120 days, they'll be an an 800 number and prompted to make a
voice call to Microsoft. All they need to do is explain the
circumstances and it will be taken care of over the phone. It's
quick and easy.

But if you bought an OEM copy, it's license ties it permanently
to the first computer it's installed on, and it can never be
moved to another.
 
NEVER NEVER NEVER upgrade the operating system in an
attempt to solve a problem . . . it NEVER (!!!) works . . .
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Well, I must be an exception to your rule then. In my case I started
to have increasing problems with 98SE to the point where my system
started to BSD at boot, at shutdown and everywhere in between. This
was after years of flawless running. Unleashed all the powers of
Norton utilities on it to no avail. Adaware, Spybot S&D,...you name
it. Tried it, surfed it. Did not help. I still don't know what caused
it. It all started a few months ago after I installed a DivX
"upgrade", but that may have been just a coincidence. I really didn't
think a manual regedit would be a value added excercise either. You
really need to be an expert to do that IMHO.
I did a clean install of XP home after a reformat and voila. My system
is flawless now. And it's an old one at it too. P III 600 Mhz, with
512 MB ram (upgraded from 128)
Happy camper here now.
I think you are mostly correct but it depends on the situation. I can
see why somebody would suspect a cluttered OS to cause some of these
problems and give a shot at a clean OS upgrade.
 
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Well, I must be an exception to your rule then. In my case I started
to have increasing problems with 98SE to the point where my system
started to BSD at boot, at shutdown and everywhere in between. This
was after years of flawless running. Unleashed all the powers of
Norton utilities on it to no avail. Adaware, Spybot S&D,...you name
it. Tried it, surfed it. Did not help. I still don't know what caused
it. It all started a few months ago after I installed a DivX
"upgrade", but that may have been just a coincidence. I really didn't
think a manual regedit would be a value added excercise either. You
really need to be an expert to do that IMHO.
I did a clean install of XP home after a reformat and voila. My system
is flawless now. And it's an old one at it too. P III 600 Mhz, with
512 MB ram (upgraded from 128)
Happy camper here now.
I think you are mostly correct but it depends on the situation. I can
see why somebody would suspect a cluttered OS to cause some of these
problems and give a shot at a clean OS upgrade.
Click to expand...

Actually I think that you agreed with anonymous. To paraphrase, they
said to never do an upgrade install but always do a full clean
install.

As for myself, I'd usually recommend doing the clean install. I've
done both upgrades and clean successfully. The upgrades, however,
become unstable faster.
 
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