Yikes!  Do you really need the Pro version??  You can get a RETAIL version of XP Home for not much more.

Look at RoyalDiscount.com  (xp home sp2 oem $97)  (this is where I bought mine - I bought sp1, then returned it for sp2 and they were great - I trust this vendor)

Do a google search on   Windows XP Home SP2  (or Pro, if that's what you want)

I will say that prices on XP SP2 seem to be going UP!  I'm glad I bought mine when I did.

AnnaSummers

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Glazier 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] XP Operating system portability


If you don't let it activate you can move it to a different machine
as much as you want.
Once an OEM version is activated it is married to the hardware
and "basically" dies with the hardware.

                                            Rick Glazier

From: "Bob Lendrim"
> I'm planning to buy a Win XP SP2 operating system. I'm going to try to install it on a Dell Dimension 4100 PIII with 512 megs RAM. 
> If the Dimension 4100 can't handle it, I'd like to later use it on a different computer. I'm looking at this OEM package:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116400
>
> My question: If the Dimension 4100 package doesn't work out, can I LEGALLY transfer this OS from one computer to another?

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