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mlli4 · #1 Post by **mlli4** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:29 pm

One of my friend's thinkpad T42 is dead. I happen to have an old laptop witn Win98. I am thinking about asking my friend to sell his windows licence key to me. Then I can install windows xp on my old machine. Is that OK? I mean can I activate windows XP on my old laptop with my friend's licence key from his dead T42?

#2 Post by **jdhurst** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:32 pm

The license agreement says OEM Windows lives and dies with the machine. That said, if the T42 is dead (to be scrapped or parted out), then scrape the key off the case and probably no one is going to make a big deal of it. Strictly speaking it is not proper.
... JD Hurst

pianowizard · #3 Post by **pianowizard** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:37 pm

jdhurst wrote:The license agreement says OEM Windows lives and dies with the machine. That said, if the T42 is dead (to be scrapped or parted out), then scrape the key off the case and probably no one is going to make a big deal of it.

I have a dead Dell desktop with a Win2K COA sticker on it and I tried to very carefully tear it off. It's very hard to do and I gave up after a minute or two. It might be easier for newer machines with "fresher" stickers though.

#4 Post by **bill bolton** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:47 am

pianowizard wrote:It might be easier for newer machines with "fresher" stickers though.

The Microsoft COA stickers are done as a multipart label which tends to fragment very quickly in any attempt to remove it from the surface it is stuck to, even when "fresh".

Cheers,

Bill

#5 Post by **carbon_unit** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:16 am

Get under it with a single edge razor blade and pull on the sticker while pushing on the razor blade. I've even got the new paper retail XP stickers off that way.

#6 Post by **jdhurst** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:29 pm

My T41 (current laptop) needed a bottom case (PCMCIA door) under warranty. The vendor moved the COA sticker from the old case to the new case. It is a wee bit wrinkly, but it is whole and firmly stuck on the new case. So with care, it can be done.
... JD Hurst

#7 Post by **draco2527** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:59 pm

jdhurst wrote:My T41 (current laptop) needed a bottom case (PCMCIA door) under warranty. The vendor moved the COA sticker from the old case to the new case. It is a wee bit wrinkly, but it is whole and firmly stuck on the new case. So with care, it can be done.
... JD Hurst

Yes, it can be done!! IBM (can't comment on Lenovo) did not issue NEW COA's when replacing the base; instead they placed the pieces on a sheet of paper and that was your "offical" COA sticker (most of the time they wrote the key by hand and you got no COA sticker). Sony will "swap" the stickers from one base to another; Dell on the other hand will issue a NEW COA sticker when replacing the base assembly.

The easiest way to remove them...heat it with a hairdryer, you will notice it will become "loose" as the glue "melts" carefully peel it off paying close attention to the "cuts" placed on there on purpose; these are easy to tear! For some reason the glue on the Win98 stickers was MUCH better then the ones on the XP (harder to remove) the XP ones are a piece of cake when properly heated. And yes, I have done MANY, since the machines were the same ones. Keep in mind that as stated above, the COA should live and die with the original machine only...also COA stickers assigned by OEM's will not work with retail versions of XP.

AdeyCorp · #8 Post by **AdeyCorp** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:00 pm

Thanks for the great tip, its worked very nicely. As wanted to remove one from a old case that I have replaced.

Thanks

AdeyCopy

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