Moving programs for a new computer

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I am purchasing a new computer and want to move my programs and such to
the new computer, but at the same time still be able to use them on my
old computer. But, i don't want to have to go through all of the
software installations (plus having to find all of the software). Both
computers hard drives will have windows XP pro. Can I just copy all
the files from the old computer to the new computer (a complete move,
similar to getting a larger hard drive) and then reinstall my windows
software so that each computer has a separate license. Thanks
 
Software must be installed from the original media.

|I am purchasing a new computer and want to move my programs and such to
| the new computer, but at the same time still be able to use them on my
| old computer. But, i don't want to have to go through all of the
| software installations (plus having to find all of the software). Both
| computers hard drives will have windows XP pro. Can I just copy all
| the files from the old computer to the new computer (a complete move,
| similar to getting a larger hard drive) and then reinstall my windows
| software so that each computer has a separate license. Thanks
|
 
I am purchasing a new computer and want to move my programs and such
to the new computer, but at the same time still be able to use them
on my old computer.
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If by "and such," you mean data, you can copy all the data files over. But
you can't copy or move programs. All
installed programs (except for a very occasional tiny one) have many entries
referring to them in the registry and elsewhere. On the new computer, all
those entries will be missing, and a copied or moved program won't work.

Moreover, you presumably have a single license for all of those programs,
and having them installed on two computers would be a violation of the
license (except for freeware programs).
 
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