Using VPC XP licence on a real windows machine

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mikebore - 21 Dec 2005 23:48 GMT

I have given up on Virtual PC and bought a windows laptop, so now have
an unused VPC 7 with XP pro.

Is there any way I can install my copy of XP pro on the Virtual PC
disks, onto my new real PC?

Thanks

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Steve Jain - 22 Dec 2005 00:31 GMT

>I have given up on Virtual PC and bought a windows laptop, so now have
>an unused VPC 7 with XP pro.
>
>Is there any way I can install my copy of XP pro on the Virtual PC
>disks, onto my new real PC?

Not legally. VPC ships with an OEM version of Windows, which is only
licensed for VPC, same as Dell, HP, or other computers.

That's why it can't be manually installed.

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mikebore - 22 Dec 2005 05:59 GMT

Thanks Steve, thought it would be something like that.

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Using VPC XP licence on a real windows machine