Can a system be booted from an OEM version Windows XP Home Edition CD?<BR> Despite having "Boot from CD" as the 1st selection in BIOS Boot Priority, the subsequent boot is as normal. The computer ...

Yes it is, unless it is a recovery POS. If it is a copy of XP Home and you paid for the license, you are entitled to use it in whichever box you want, just only one.

A few months ago Microsoft announced it would allow makers of ultra low cost PCs or ULPCs to continue offering Windows XP even though the company is trying to retire the operating system. In order to ...