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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 7:32 pm
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Originally Posted by UALOneKPlus
To the OP - no you can not transfer XP to other machine. The license you have on your machine is an OEM license, restricted to that type of machine only.

When you try to image the OS onto another type PC it will not work because the hardware will be entirely different. And since it's an OEM license you won't be able to activate it.
Sortof. You may not be permitted to transfer the license to a new system, but the activation is not tied to the hardware such that it would fail to work. The license doesn't know that the manufacturer is Acer or HP or Dell.
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