"Luis Med" <Luis Med@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>I have legal Windows software. I have not yet accepted the WGA agreement,
> because so far I don't know what will happen in the future. If I agree to
> WGA
> at the present time, Microsoft will link my present software to my present
> computer. Let's say that I buy a new computer tomorrow because what was my
> present computer has a hardware problem. I still have the Windows XP
> original
> software. It won't be used anymore in my old computer and I want to
> install
> it in my new computer. My fear is that Microsoft will think that the
> computer-software legal link has been broken and will deny service to my
> new
> computer with the old software. Please tell me if my concern is right or
> wrong.

The issue is not whether your copy is legal, the issue is whether the XP is
OEM or retail. A copy of XP can be moved from one computer to another if it
is a retail copy (as long as it's first uninstalled from the computer it's
on). If the copy on the first computer is OEM, by it's license it's tied to
that first computer and cannot be moved to another one. This is not a WGA
issue.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]