Upgrade install using OEM disc or license?

[Slickwilly]

Ok Heres the deal- My company has a 30-user volume license for Windows XP and
Vista. I've used most of the licenses for upgrading Windows 2000 machines to
Windows XP. I recently discovered that we have a number of computers that
shipped with Windows XP but were wiped clean and had Windows 2000 installed
on them.

I still have machines that need uprgraded to Windows XP but I want to use
the OEM license on them to save the volume licenses for Vista upgrades.

Is there any way to do an upgrade install with OEM disc or license?

 

[DL]

An OEM requires a clean installation

"Slickwilly" <Slickwilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4441229-8500-4866-808C-A65E3507AC45@microsoft.com...
> Ok Heres the deal- My company has a 30-user volume license for Windows XP
> and
> Vista. I've used most of the licenses for upgrading Windows 2000 machines
> to
> Windows XP. I recently discovered that we have a number of computers that
> shipped with Windows XP but were wiped clean and had Windows 2000
> installed
> on them.
>
> I still have machines that need uprgraded to Windows XP but I want to use
> the OEM license on them to save the volume licenses for Vista upgrades.
>
> Is there any way to do an upgrade install with OEM disc or license?
>
>

 

[Slickwilly]

Yes I know that.... but apparently there is a way to change the license after
an install. I think I can use the volume license disk to do the upgrade
install, and then change the license afterwards to the OEM license.

There is also a method involving changing the numbers in the setupp.ini file
so you can use an OEM license on a volume license disk but this does not work.




"DL" wrote:

> An OEM requires a clean installation
>
> "Slickwilly" <Slickwilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4441229-8500-4866-808C-A65E3507AC45@microsoft.com...
> > Ok Heres the deal- My company has a 30-user volume license for Windows XP
> > and
> > Vista. I've used most of the licenses for upgrading Windows 2000 machines
> > to
> > Windows XP. I recently discovered that we have a number of computers that
> > shipped with Windows XP but were wiped clean and had Windows 2000
> > installed
> > on them.
> >
> > I still have machines that need uprgraded to Windows XP but I want to use
> > the OEM license on them to save the volume licenses for Vista upgrades.
> >
> > Is there any way to do an upgrade install with OEM disc or license?
> >
> >
>
>
>

 

[smlunatick]

On Dec 27, 12:03 pm, Slickwilly <Slickwi...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Yes I know that.... but apparently there is a way to change the license after
> an install. I think I can use the volume license disk to do the upgrade
> install, and then change the license afterwards to the OEM license.
>
> There is also a method involving changing the numbers in the setupp.ini file
> so you can use an OEM license on a volume license disk but this does not work.
>
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
> > An OEM requires a clean installation
>
> > "Slickwilly" <Slickwi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:B4441229-8500-4866-808C-A65E3507AC45@microsoft.com...
> > > Ok Heres the deal- My company has a 30-user volume license for WindowsXP
> > > and
> > > Vista. I've used most of the licenses for upgrading Windows 2000 machines
> > > to
> > > Windows XP. I recently discovered that we have a number of computers that
> > > shipped with Windows XP but were wiped clean and had Windows 2000
> > > installed
> > > on them.
>
> > > I still have machines that need uprgraded to Windows XP but I want to use
> > > the OEM license on them to save the volume licenses for Vista upgrades..
>
> > > Is there any way to do an upgrade install with OEM disc or license?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

You can not use an OEM license with VLA version of XP. There is a
special "control" file which will "tell" XP which type of XP license
is to be used.

 

[Slickwilly]

Really? I just followed the method described here-

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328874

I used the VLA disk and license to do an uprgrade install. Then I changed
the license to the OEM license that came with the computer using the
activation wizard method. Seems to work pretty good.



"smlunatick" wrote:
>
> You can not use an OEM license with VLA version of XP. There is a
> special "control" file which will "tell" XP which type of XP license
> is to be used.
>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:54:00 -0800, Slickwilly
<Slickwilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to do an upgrade install with OEM disc or license?


No. That's one of the disadvantages of OEM versions.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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[Slickwilly]

"Slickwilly" wrote:

> Really? I just followed the method described here-
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328874
>
> I used the VLA disk and license to do an uprgrade install. Then I changed
> the license to the OEM license that came with the computer using the
> activation wizard method. Seems to work pretty good.

nevermind... I jumped the gun. It didn't work, windows still has the VL key.

 

[LVTravel]

While what you want to do, in theory should work, the problem is that the
OEM versions of XP that came on the original machines that were downgraded
to 2000 still has the original XP OEM license tied to them. What you would
have to do is this:

Take the 2000 machine that had an original OEM XP that was later upgraded to
the volume license of XP on it and rebuild it with the OEM XP key on the
bottom of the machine using the OEM XP CD that you should have. Use that
volume license released by this method to upgrade the one that didn't come
with XP originally.

Will take a lot of backup and restoring of programs and files but it will
save the volume licenses for the desired purpose.


"Slickwilly" <Slickwilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4441229-8500-4866-808C-A65E3507AC45@microsoft.com...
> Ok Heres the deal- My company has a 30-user volume license for Windows XP
> and
> Vista. I've used most of the licenses for upgrading Windows 2000 machines
> to
> Windows XP. I recently discovered that we have a number of computers that
> shipped with Windows XP but were wiped clean and had Windows 2000
> installed
> on them.
>
> I still have machines that need uprgraded to Windows XP but I want to use
> the OEM license on them to save the volume licenses for Vista upgrades.
>
> Is there any way to do an upgrade install with OEM disc or license?
>
>

 

[Slickwilly]

"LVTravel" wrote:

> Will take a lot of backup and restoring of programs and files but it will
> save the volume licenses for the desired purpose.

I was trying to avoid doing that but it looks like it's the only solution.
The computers have a lot of third party software... plus I would have to do
the rebuilds after work hours... I'm not looking forward to doing that!

 

[LVTravel]

"Slickwilly" <Slickwilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07AB7D0E-B0F1-4A1D-B3AE-4F907C3ACEB3@microsoft.com...
> "LVTravel" wrote:
>
>> Will take a lot of backup and restoring of programs and files but it will
>> save the volume licenses for the desired purpose.
>
> I was trying to avoid doing that but it looks like it's the only solution.
> The computers have a lot of third party software... plus I would have to
> do
> the rebuilds after work hours... I'm not looking forward to doing that!
>
>

Really a shame that it is the only way to "recover" the licenses from the
Volume Licensing arrangement. Thank goodness that I wasn't responsible for
the same issue that occurred at my place of business because of an IT guy
that just didn't care about money or time. When the money dried up for new
volume licenses, he had to do to just about 50 Dell machines what you are
getting ready to do.