Selling my Laptop

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Is there a way to go about de-registering my OEM copy of Windows XP that
came with my Gateway M320?
Or shouldn't I even bother?
 
Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:

>Is there a way to go about de-registering my OEM copy of Windows XP that
>came with my Gateway M320?
>Or shouldn't I even bother?

No need to bother. It's locked to that machine anyway.

Restore the system to factory out-of-the-box condition with your
recovery disc and sell it.
 
"Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to go about de-registering my OEM copy of Windows XP that
> came with my Gateway M320?
> Or shouldn't I even bother?

No, you can't and shouldn't bother trying OEM copies are tied to the
machine they came with. The license lives and dies with that system.

HTH
-pk
 
"Justin" wrote in <news:g2q482$eb0$2@aioe.org>:

> Is there a way to go about de-registering my OEM copy of Windows XP that
> came with my Gateway M320?
> Or shouldn't I even bother?

Nope. OEM licenses stick to the first computer on which they are
installed. When you sell the laptop, you lose that OEM's license.
 
I concur with PD43's response however, you need to take it a step further
if the laptop has sensitive data that can be easily retrieved with
inexpensive software. Once the partition has been formatted and the system
reinstalled, defrag the drive. Then use a program to overwrite the "blank"
areas of the drive that can still contain sensitive data.

Eraser: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ Freeware that overwrites the "blank"
data on a
hard drive.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote:
>
>>Is there a way to go about de-registering my OEM copy of Windows XP that
>>came with my Gateway M320?
>>Or shouldn't I even bother?
>
> No need to bother. It's locked to that machine anyway.
>
> Restore the system to factory out-of-the-box condition with your
> recovery disc and sell it.
 
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