View Full Version : Can i sell my xp home OEM
If i replace it with media centre and i am no longer using the xp home os and it is not even installed anymore can i sell it?
eternaldark
28-08-2006, 10:15 PM
pretty sure you cant as the serial is registered to you. And that version has already been activated.
Singh400
29-08-2006, 12:36 AM
Nope.
Can i reuse it on a new build?
WelshBluebird
29-08-2006, 9:09 AM
nope. That is the restriction on the OEM version. it is locked to the motheboard it is first installed with.
lapino
07-09-2006, 2:36 PM
Bullocks. If you sell it, the new owner can certainly install it and then ring Microsoft and say he has bought a new computer (not telling he bought the XP 2nd hand). Microsoft will reactivate it and he can use it. Not quite a "normal" way to do it, but it's more correct than someone getting a pirated copy of the internet and cracking the activation.
Cable Monkey
07-09-2006, 5:01 PM
Not if it has already been activated and validated. They may let you use it but would want to know who it was purchased from and pursue from that angle. In other words they would come after you and not the new owner (in theory). Using the 'more correct' method just means a slightly shorter prison sentence!:rolleyes:
The Dude
07-09-2006, 5:22 PM
I don't think anybody is going to be getting a prison sentence for selling an XP CD... :rolleyes:
Cable Monkey
08-09-2006, 10:39 AM
No, and no one was going to be pursued through the courts for sharing music! It was a tongue in cheek comment but essentially it is still breaking the terms under which it was sold and as such may be useless to the buyer (in time if not immediately) as well as making the seller potentially liable to whatever penalty fits the 'crime'.
Not if it has already been activated and validated. They may let you use it but would want to know who it was purchased from and pursue from that angle. In other words they would come after you and not the new owner (in theory). Using the 'more correct' method just means a slightly shorter prison sentence!:rolleyes:
M$ will not chase you for this! :eek:
PlexShaw
08-09-2006, 11:54 AM
M$ will not chase you for this! :eek:
Did you even bother reading Cable Monkey's follow-up response?
Sonic67
15-09-2006, 11:23 AM
A new OEM version of XP Home cost me under £60.
Mint Sauce
13-10-2006, 1:56 AM
You can't resell it, but under european law you can install it on a new build!:thumbsup:
Kilian
13-10-2006, 2:59 AM
This is what my retail OEM EULA says about it.
Software as a Component of the Computer - Transfer. THIS LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED, TRANSFERRED TO OR USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS. The SOFTWARE is licensed with the HARDWARE as a single integrated product and may only be used with the HARDWARE. If the SOFTWARE is not accompanied by new HARDWARE, you may not use the SOFTWARE. You may permanently transfer all of your rights under this EULA only as part of a permanent sale or transfer of the HARDWARE, provided you retain no copies, if you transfer all of the SOFTWARE (including all component parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA and the Certificate of Authenticity), and the recipient agrees to the terms of this EULA....
Mint Sauce
13-10-2006, 6:43 AM
However as i understand it, at present, european law doesn't allow microssoft stop you from transfering to it to a new build!
Cable Monkey
13-10-2006, 9:36 AM
However as i understand it, at present, european law doesn't allow microsoft stop you from transfering to it to a new build!
But you have entered into a binding contract which does not have to reflect local law, just contract law. As alluded to above, none of us can afford the big expensive court case to prove the (tenuous) point of European law you refer to. Microsoft can afford the lawsuit (they took on and beat the US Government) and would stand to consolidate their financial position if they won. Personally in the past I have spent a grand on processor, graphics card and memory alone. £60 is not a lot to pay for what is for most an essential component.
PlexShaw
13-10-2006, 12:14 PM
Personally in the past I have spent a grand on processor, graphics card and memory alone. £60 is not a lot to pay for what is for most an essential component.
Exactly.
Did you even bother reading Cable Monkey's follow-up response?
Yeah i did. But the two are different. People were downloading music WITHOUT paying for it, thats why they were pursued through the courts. Selling something you've ALREADY paid for, M$ are not going to bother with.
Exactly.
If £60 is nothing, can i have it instead please?
PlexShaw
18-10-2006, 12:04 PM
Yeah i did. But the two are different. People were downloading music WITHOUT paying for it, thats why they were pursued through the courts. Selling something you've ALREADY paid for, M$ are not going to bother with.
The bit I was refering to in Cable Monkey's post is this:
It was a tongue in cheek comment but essentially it is still breaking the terms under which it was sold and as such may be useless to the buyer (in time if not immediately) as well as making the seller potentially liable to whatever penalty fits the 'crime'.
If £60 is nothing, can i have it instead please?
And where exactly do I say that "£60 is nothing"? There is, in my opinion, a world of difference between something being "not a lot to pay" (which is actually what was said) on top of the outlay for all other components that make up the type of PC mentioned in Cable Monkey's post versus "X" amount of money being considered to be "nothing".
If you don't like it, the best thing to do is vote with your wallet.
Cable Monkey
18-10-2006, 7:41 PM
Yeah i did. But the two are different. People were downloading music WITHOUT paying for it, thats why they were pursued through the courts. Selling something you've ALREADY paid for, M$ are not going to bother with.
mjn, following my philosophy I have no worries. Absolutely no issues with what M$ will or won't do. I know that to some £60 is not a small amount of cash, but to put it in perspective it is not any more and in many cases significantly less than most would spend on a processor, graphics card or memory. In actual fact, my main concern if I were to sell an OEM copy of Windows on would be selling someone a duff product.