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    operating system help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by erik_the_red, Jul 25, 2006.

  1. erik_the_red

    erik_the_red Notebook Enthusiast

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    are you able to install windows xp home on a new notebook that comes with no operating system if you have a reintallation cd for xp from your current desktop?
     
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    Tiger-Heli Notebook Evangelist

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    Not legally.
     
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    erik_the_red Notebook Enthusiast

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    but if someone were to try, hypothetically of course, could it be easily done?
     
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    Tiger-Heli Notebook Evangelist

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    If it's a retail version on the desktop, then you could legally remove it from the desktop and install it on the laptop.

    If it is an OEM version on the Desktop, then you may or may not be able to install it on the laptop. It probably would require a call to Microsoft for acitivation, though.

    Hypothetically :D .

    Info on WPA - http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm
     
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    thanks for the help
     
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    Yes ( to put it simply )

    I wont lie I have done this to an older computer becuase It for some reason wouldnt run on the windows me os, I just wanted to see if it was good or not. however I uninstalled it and brought the computer to the dump the next day.
     
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