#Windows xp vbox validation upgrade

Most of the licenses I'm seeing on there are upgrade licenses. Can you recommend a SKU to purchase that has the license and software assurance? I normally purchase my volume licenses from CDW. Since I'm unlikely to be able to find a retail XP license it looks like SA is the only way to go. OEM licenses will not work either because you can only purchase OEM licenses preinstalled on your device or as a OEM System Builder license. The issue with Retail is that it does not have downgrade rights. Technically if you're not going with Windows SA, then your only option is Retail licenses. This would be non-complaint if you go this way and could get in trouble if audited. You can't use your Windows 7 Volume License Upgrade license as a VM. I understand that not everyone wants to purchase SA, but it is the most flexible license that will enable you to run Windows XP in a VM AND give you the media to do so. The BEST way to license a VM running locally or remotely from a server is Windows Software Assurance. I'm not sure if FPP has downgrade rights, but if it does, that should work. OEM is for system builders only, to be installed on a machine that is being resold.

#Windows xp vbox validation install

I'm pretty sure I read that even consumers are entitled to downgrade rights, so perhaps I can purchase an OEM or FPP Windows 7 or 8 license and downgrade to XP?You cannot legally purchase and install an OEM copy on a machine that you own and use. I'm pretty sure I read that even consumers are entitled to downgrade rights, so perhaps I can purchase an OEM or FPP Windows 7 or 8 license and downgrade to XP?įor a bare metal machine I'd purchase an OEM or FPP license. I don't suppose Windows 10 allows XP Mode? Does it, Chris (Microsoft)?įor a bare metal machine I'd purchase an OEM or FPP license. Where can you get a full XP license so long after it went EOL? I have no idea. The fact that it's a VM doesn't change the requirement for a full license. This being the case, how does one acquire a new 'base license' (for lack of a better word) for a virtual machine?The same way you do for a bare metal machine. That was my understanding, thanks for the verification. They cannot be used where a previous OS didn't exist. Tiuk wrote: I have a number of old Windows 7 Pro upgrade volume licenses that have downgrade rights to XP, but being that these are upgrade licenses and not standalone I wasn't sure if I was technically allowed to use the key from one for this.