i would need to clarify on this matter whether can we use Windows XP Home
edition for a commercial ? is it legal ? a lot of people told me that it is
okay using Windows XP Home for commercial but it just that we cannot fully
utilize the feature of the Windows i.e. joined domain ...etc
I also cannot find anything in Windows XP Home EULA that the Home edition is
only for NON-Commercial use. Can anyone clarify this to me ?

Jim wrote:
> i would need to clarify on this matter whether can we use Windows
> XP Home edition for a commercial ? is it legal ? a lot of people
> told me that it is okay using Windows XP Home for commercial but it
> just that we cannot fully utilize the feature of the Windows i.e.
> joined domain ...etc
> I also cannot find anything in Windows XP Home EULA that the Home
> edition is only for NON-Commercial use. Can anyone clarify this to
> me ?

I suppose you are asking if you can utilize Windows XP Home Edition for
professional purposes - in a business.

You can use Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional Edition,
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition, etc in any
way you want.

Same goes for Windows Vista editions and Windows 7 editions.

Essentially - the differences are just the limitations such as those you
have been told about... (Joining a domain, File Encryption, etc.)

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Jim wrote:

> i would need to clarify on this matter whether can we use Windows XP Home
> edition for a commercial ? is it legal ? a lot of people told me that it is
> okay using Windows XP Home for commercial but it just that we cannot fully
> utilize the feature of the Windows i.e. joined domain ...etc
> I also cannot find anything in Windows XP Home EULA that the Home edition is
> only for NON-Commercial use. Can anyone clarify this to me ?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/eula/home.mspx

You probably have a copy of eula.txt somewhere under C:\Windows. You only
are liable to what you agreed for what is actually stated in that contract,
nothing more.