Changing a Volume license into an Individial license XP

I have Volume Licensing Windows XP and wish to change it to a
private/individual license since PC is not longer used for work with the
employer who supplied it and I need to install my owned private XP.
According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328874/en-us, "How to change
the Volume Licensing product key on a computer that is running Windows XP
SP1 and later versions of Windows XP" I can change from one Volume Licensing
product key to another but I don't understand whether I can also be used to
change to it for my own private XP key... Is this procedure applicable in my
situation?

A Ferenstein wrote:

> I have Volume Licensing Windows XP and wish to change it to a
> private/individual license since PC is not longer used for work with the
> employer who supplied it and I need to install my owned private XP.
> According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328874/en-us, "How to change
> the Volume Licensing product key on a computer that is running Windows XP
> SP1 and later versions of Windows XP" I can change from one Volume Licensing
> product key to another but I don't understand whether I can also be used to
> change to it for my own private XP key... Is this procedure applicable in my
> situation?
Hi,

I'm pretty sure you need to do a repair install of the OS to switch
from a VLK license to a OEM or retail version.

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

If you have a OEM version of WinXP, also read the section "Do a Repair
Install" under FAQ number 18 ("I need to change my XP Product Key")
here:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html


If the computer have SP2 for WinXP installed, the OS CD you do the
repair with should also have SP2 included. If it does not, you can
create a new OS CD yourself with SP2 included, by slipstreaming SP2
into your OS CD.

Use AutoStreamer or nLite to make the process pretty easy.


AutoStreamer:

AutoStreamer
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...streamer.shtml

nLite:

Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...showarticle=49


If you absolutely want to do the process manually:

Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp



--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Thank you - very helpful!

May I ask a simple question:
if I install XP on two partitions of same hard-disk, will each installation
have its own partition as C: drive, or is there a limitation that in XP
there's ever only one C: drive and the other XP installation (on second
partition) will have to use D: as its system drive?


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"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-> wrote in message
news:...
> A Ferenstein wrote:
>
> > I have Volume Licensing Windows XP and wish to change it to a
> > private/individual license since PC is not longer used for work with the
> > employer who supplied it and I need to install my owned private XP.
> > According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328874/en-us, "How to
change
> > the Volume Licensing product key on a computer that is running Windows
XP
> > SP1 and later versions of Windows XP" I can change from one Volume
Licensing
> > product key to another but I don't understand whether I can also be used
to
> > change to it for my own private XP key... Is this procedure applicable
in my
> > situation?
> Hi,
>
> I'm pretty sure you need to do a repair install of the OS to switch
> from a VLK license to a OEM or retail version.
>
> How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
> If you have a OEM version of WinXP, also read the section "Do a Repair
> Install" under FAQ number 18 ("I need to change my XP Product Key")
> here:
> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html
>
>
> If the computer have SP2 for WinXP installed, the OS CD you do the
> repair with should also have SP2 included. If it does not, you can
> create a new OS CD yourself with SP2 included, by slipstreaming SP2
> into your OS CD.
>
> Use AutoStreamer or nLite to make the process pretty easy.
>
>
> AutoStreamer:
>
> AutoStreamer
> http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562
>
> How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
>
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...streamer.shtml
>
> nLite:
>
> Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
> http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?act...showarticle=49
>
>
> If you absolutely want to do the process manually:
>
> Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

A Ferenstein wrote:

> Thank you - very helpful!
>
> May I ask a simple question:
> if I install XP on two partitions of same hard-disk, will each installation
> have its own partition as C: drive, or is there a limitation that in XP
> there's ever only one C: drive and the other XP installation (on second
> partition) will have to use D: as its system drive?
Hi,

Unless you use some 3rd party boot menu utility that can be configured
to hide partitions, you will end up with the second OS installation on
D: (should not be a problem).

--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-> wrote:
> A Ferenstein wrote:
>
> > Thank you - very helpful!
> >
> > May I ask a simple question:
> > if I install XP on two partitions of same hard-disk, will each installation
> > have its own partition as C: drive, or is there a limitation that in XP
> > there's ever only one C: drive and the other XP installation (on second
> > partition) will have to use D: as its system drive?
> Hi,
>
> Unless you use some 3rd party boot menu utility that can be configured
> to hide partitions, you will end up with the second OS installation on
> D: (should not be a problem).

Hmmm...
If the second partition is a primary partition and set active prior to
the start of the installation setup will assign the C: to it.
Or, simply speaking: when installing from scratch the active primary
partition will always be C:
There's no need to tamper with 3rd party boot managers or to hide
partitions; you'll but have to insert a line for every other NT into
the BOOT.INI (just add all lines of the [Operating Systems] sections
of all @:\BOOT.INI files to every new C:\BOOT.INI).

Stefan