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Can I give away W2K Pro to a friend
Name: L Sanders Sr Date: September 22, 2003 at 13:54:18 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro (no servi CPU/Ram: P4 2.4 1 Gig ram
Comment:
I am no longer using Windows 2000 Pro and want to give it to a friend. Can I do this with miffing MS? I have been using XP Pro for about a year now.
Name: jrIStech Date: September 22, 2003 at 13:58:35 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, as long as you have a licenses and just swap it. Make sure the copy you have is already legal and make sure when you give it you are no longer using Win2K anymore. Since you're using XP, make sure you have licenses for that.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bud Wise Date: September 22, 2003 at 14:24:21 Pacific
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And, if you aren't using it, who really cares. You are the end user and legally, you can sell it over ebay even.
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Response Number 3
Name: talha Date: September 23, 2003 at 06:15:13 Pacific
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yea why not sell it over ebay ... you could get close to the full retail price i think
if i were buying it all i'd care is the cd wasn't scratched up and the license was authentic
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Response Number 4
Name: canadianweasel Date: October 14, 2003 at 10:45:11 Pacific
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If you used an "Upgrade" version of XP, you cannot legally give him a copy of 2000. If it's a full version of XP (not Upgrade version) then you can give him the license.
Summary: I am running W2K Pro on a dell 3700 worstation (laptop) on a primarily nt network i have no issue with it so far and it's been at least 3 months as a matter of fact i have never seen my system run be...
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