Selling XP

[Ext User(pleb)]

Hey

This is prob an age old question but,

I have just bought a new version of XP (MCE) and want to know if I can sell
my old version, XP Home.

Can I sell as long as I sell with key etc

thanks

pleb
xbs

[Ext User(Jan Alter)]

Depends,
If the old version was bought retail by you, ie- Circuit City, or a mail
order place, etc; to be installed on ANY stand alone computer, then legally
you may sell it, if you remove it first from the current computer.
But, if the old XP version you have was pre-installed on the computer by
the computer maker as OEM (original equipment manufacturer) then it's tied
to that machine and legally can't be resold.

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"pleb" <plebism@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hey
>
> This is prob an age old question but,
>
> I have just bought a new version of XP (MCE) and want to know if I can
> sell my old version, XP Home.
>
> Can I sell as long as I sell with key etc
>
> thanks
>
> pleb
> xbs
>

[Ext User(spodosaurus)]

Jan Alter wrote:
> Depends,
> If the old version was bought retail by you, ie- Circuit City, or a mail
> order place, etc; to be installed on ANY stand alone computer, then legally
> you may sell it, if you remove it first from the current computer.
> But, if the old XP version you have was pre-installed on the computer by
> the computer maker as OEM (original equipment manufacturer) then it's tied
> to that machine and legally can't be resold.
>

Unless you sell it with that machine...or what remains of that machine
after upgrades, like the hard drive.

[Ext User(pleb)]

"Jan Alter" <bearpuf@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Depends,
> If the old version was bought retail by you, ie- Circuit City, or a mail
> order place, etc; to be installed on ANY stand alone computer, then
> legally you may sell it, if you remove it first from the current computer.
> But, if the old XP version you have was pre-installed on the computer by
> the computer maker as OEM (original equipment manufacturer) then it's tied
> to that machine and legally can't be resold.

The XP I would like to sell is a retail version, which I bought from ebuyer.
Came in a box and everything ;D

Thanks

pleb
xbs