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Dave

My wife recently purchased wimdows XP Home edition.
When I cane to install it, I noticed the Disc and Booklet
both state "For Distribution with New PC Only"

Was she ripped off?
 
I think it just means it shouldn't be used with older PCs, because of
the specs required to run it properly.
Read the box and make sure your pc meets all the requirements.
 
Apparently, you acquired an "OEM version" of Windows XP,
which is not designed to upgrade an existing Windows Installation.
OEM versions can only be installed on a clean, reformatted drive.
Only "retail versions" of Windows XP have the upgrade capability.


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Nicholas

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| My wife recently purchased wimdows XP Home edition.
| When I cane to install it, I noticed the Disc and Booklet
| both state "For Distribution with New PC Only"
|
| Was she ripped off?
 
My wife recently purchased wimdows XP Home edition.
When I cane to install it, I noticed the Disc and Booklet
both state "For Distribution with New PC Only"

Was she ripped off?
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No. She bought an OEM copy. It should be fine, but it does have
three limitations you should be aware of:

1. It can only do a clean installation, not an upgrade to an
older version.

2. Once installed, its license ties it permanently to that
computer. It can never be sold or moved to another computer.

3. You get no support from Microsoft.
 
OEM versions are usually tied to the BIOS, so she would not be able to
install it on her computer, only the computer that it was originally on.
 
That is not completely true. A lot of OEM copies work fine except you can
do an update and have to do a full install and usually come with a piece of
junk hardware with them. OEM for a specific vendor name machine normally
work only on that machine. Try EBay and look at the listing.
 
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