Does it matter wich license you have,COA or OEM if want to use the "free
switch" to a 64x licence??

Re: COA or OEM for upgrade to64x by Mike

Mike
Fri May 20 06:49:21 CDT 2005

"Kind of a newbie" <Kindofanewbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Does it matter wich license you have,COA or OEM if want to use the "free
> switch" to a 64x licence??

No you just provide either your PID or your COA
see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/upgrade/faq.mspx
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"Kind of a newbie" <Kindofanewbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Does it matter wich license you have,COA or OEM if want to use the "free
> switch" to a 64x licence??



Re: COA or OEM for upgrade to64x by Kindofanewbie

Kindofanewbie
Fri May 20 07:38:01 CDT 2005

Thx Mike...the it guru :)

"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" wrote:

> "Kind of a newbie" <Kindofanewbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:19A9EF2D-77B2-4376-A873-DD9718B11116@microsoft.com...
> > Does it matter wich license you have,COA or OEM if want to use the "free
> > switch" to a 64x licence??
>
> No you just provide either your PID or your COA
> see
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/upgrade/faq.mspx
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>
> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
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>
> "Kind of a newbie" <Kindofanewbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:19A9EF2D-77B2-4376-A873-DD9718B11116@microsoft.com...
> > Does it matter wich license you have,COA or OEM if want to use the "free
> > switch" to a 64x licence??
>
>
>

Re: COA or OEM for upgrade to64x by russwill

russwill
Fri May 20 16:19:10 CDT 2005

but a lot of people can't use the site cause it says invalid coa/pid number
as the have oem in the pid number

"Kind of a newbie" wrote:

> Thx Mike...the it guru :)
>
> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > "Kind of a newbie" <Kindofanewbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message news:19A9EF2D-77B2-4376-A873-DD9718B11116@microsoft.com...
> > > Does it matter wich license you have,COA or OEM if want to use the "free
> > > switch" to a 64x licence??
> >
> > No you just provide either your PID or your COA
> > see
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/upgrade/faq.mspx
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights
> >
> > Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> > newsgroups
> >
> > "Kind of a newbie" <Kindofanewbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message news:19A9EF2D-77B2-4376-A873-DD9718B11116@microsoft.com...
> > > Does it matter wich license you have,COA or OEM if want to use the "free
> > > switch" to a 64x licence??
> >
> >
> >