CS wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:43:13 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
>
>> JanS wrote:
>
>>> I have a new PC I'd like to transfer my copy of XP-Pro to from an
>>> older PC. What is the registration procedure with MS?
>
>> You may not do this. The single biggest disadvantage of an OEM
>> version is that its license ties it permanently to the first
>> computer it's installed on and it can never be moved to another.
>
> You're assuming he has an OEM version. Nothing in his post indicates
> that.


Nothing? Try reading his subject line (something I often don't do, but I did
this time).


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> He may well have a boxed retail version which would mean he
> could transfer it to the new PC.