certificate trasnfer

I bought a used computer and it has a Windows certificate sticker on it. Can
I transfer and register the Windows XP Pro operating system to my name? If so
where do I find how to do it? How much does it cost?

Microsoft Registration: Start > Run and type: REGWIZ /R ,
and hit enter.

Change the Computer's Registered Owner in Windows XP
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_change_owner.htm

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"WonderingHermit" <WonderingHermit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I bought a used computer and it has a Windows certificate sticker on it. Can
I transfer and register the Windows XP Pro operating system to my name? If so
where do I find how to do it? How much does it cost?

WonderingHermit wrote:
> I bought a used computer and it has a Windows certificate sticker
> on it. Can I transfer and register the Windows XP Pro operating
> system to my name? If so where do I find how to do it? How much
> does it cost?

It's unlikely it was ever registered and it is not important. Only
activation is.

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Registration is meaningless.
You bought it, you have it, nothing needs to be done.
However if you have no winxp restore disk, or the PC doesnt have a restore
partition your up a creek if it goes wrong.
The key on the PC is specific to the OEM version of winxp installed by the
manufacturer.
If eg its a Dell system you would need a Dell OEM version of winxp

"WonderingHermit" <WonderingHermit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:374226B9-704D-4B38-BAB4-0650B301B95E@microsoft.com...
>I bought a used computer and it has a Windows certificate sticker on it.
>Can
> I transfer and register the Windows XP Pro operating system to my name? If
> so
> where do I find how to do it? How much does it cost?