sharing windows xp install cd.

[Guest]

i go and buy new computer for 1200.00 dollars and the os is install already
i would like to let my sister use it (start up disk) for her computer so
she can upgrade from windows 98 now if i buy computer i also buy operting
system with
it so why cant i istall on a differnt computer.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You cannot use any version of Windows XP on two
different computers using the same license. You
need to purchase a "Retail Upgrade" version of
Windows XP if you wish to upgrade your sister's PC.

Please read your End-User License Agreement by going
to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then
click on "End-User License Agreement".

-
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| i go and buy new computer for 1200.00 dollars and the os is install already
| i would like to let my sister use it (start up disk) for her computer so
| she can upgrade from windows 98 now if i buy computer i also buy operting
| system with
| it so why cant i istall on a differnt computer.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

i go and buy new computer for 1200.00 dollars and the os is install already
i would like to let my sister use it (start up disk) for her computer so
she can upgrade from windows 98 now if i buy computer i also buy operting
system with
it so why cant i istall on a differnt computer.

By your own admission, you'll have an OEM license for WinXP on the new
computer. An OEM version must be sold with a non-peripheral piece of
hardware (normally a motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and
is _permanently_ bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM
license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another computer
under _any_ circumstances.

You need to purchase a separate WinXP license for each computer on
which you install it.

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on which it
is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to determine
final applicability in your locale.) The only way in which WinXP
licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows is that
Microsoft has finally added a copy protection and anti-theft mechanism,
Product Activation, to prevent (or at least make more difficult)
multiple installations using a single license.



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[Ken Blake, MVP]

i go and buy new computer for 1200.00 dollars and the os is install
already i would like to let my sister use it (start up disk) for her
computer so she can upgrade from windows 98 now if i buy computer i
also buy operting system with
it so why cant i istall on a differnt computer.

The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license) for each computer.

There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's been in
effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows 3.1. The only thing
new with XP is that there's now an enforcement mechanism.

 

[Guest]

License COA EULA says one household one user
According to some, technically ONLY one computer.

Upgrade is around $80.