Trust this is the correct section for this query.

I want to sell my old computer to a work colleague for a nominal fee. It’s fairly pedestrian by today’s standards but he only wants it to surf, e-mail etc.

It’s got XP Home (OEM) pre installed. If I use the restore disc to take the comp back to factory setting (before I sell it), will he be able to start using it as if he was the original owner?
I’m more concerned about Windows XP being activated again using different details to when I activated it when I first bought the machine.

He’s even less computer savvy than me – and I know hardly anything, so I don’t want him to run into any difficulties right at the outset.

Hope you experts can see what I’m trying to get at.

Any help or pointers appreciated.