xp home activation

[CarolChoate440]

I had bought xp home a little over a year ago. I
originally bought it for a computer that I set up for my
kids. It had wins 95 se and we upgraded. Two weeks later
the hard drive failed. We gave them another pc with wins
me. At that point my 200.00 windows xp was not being
used. So...I upgraded my pc to and love it. I activated
it as well. Is this allowed. Can Microsoft tell that the
original installation of xp home on my kids dead computer
no longer exists. Or is there something I should do
first? Thanxxx
Carol

 

[Steve C. Ray]

You don't need to do anything. This is perfectly legal.

 

[John Barnett - MVP]

Carol, so long as the copy of xp was removed from your kid's pc before
installing it on your own pc then that is fine.
You have said that the hard drive on your kids pc failed - so xp cannot be
retrieved by anyone (unless they are prepared to spend 100's of pounds
(dollars)) so to all intense and purpose the drive cannot be used. You
therefore have, basically, transferred xp from the old 'dead' computer to
your own computer. You have also activated it without problem so, as far as
microsoft are concerned, the copy of xp you have now belongs to 'your' pc.
You need do nothing further - just enjoy using it.

 

[Guest]

As long as it activated you're good to go, there is no
record kept of what computer it is on. Once activated
they only keep the activation Info. for 120 days , so no
big deal.

 

[Guest]

lol.......yeah, I have installed the same one 15 times
and am I legal ??? I forgot to un-install it from the
others, just a small oversite.

 

[Richard Urban]

Not everyone is as dishonest as you are!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[BobS]

It's amazing that ppl will call others names and make
moral judgments, when they talking about a company that
has been tried and convicted many times for doing the
same thing and worse.

 

[David Candy]

Only IF XP came with a computer would transfering not be allowed.

 

[purplehaz]

And just to add here....... the word legal and illegal should not even be
brought up when talking about multiple installs and the eula. It is not
illegal to install the software of multiple computers. Illegal means you
have broken a law. There is no multiple install law to break, it is simply a
breach of contract if you do so. And it is not illegal for a person to try
to break a contract. If you want to break a contract go right ahead and try,
it is your right. The act of breaking the contract is allowed and is not
illegal. But also remember that there could be ramifications, most likely
monitary, if the person holding the contract decided to try to enforce that
contract in a court of law. Piracy is illegal, the act of breaking a
contract is not. Therefore the act of installing on multiple computers can
not be illegal, but the contract(eula) could be enforced in a court of law
if ms chooses to try to enforce it.(which by the way they never have).

 

[Richard Urban]

So, in your mind that makes him honest!

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aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[David Candy]

Yep. You can't steal from a thief. They are merely recovering their stolen property.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I understand what you're saying about the use of the term "legal"
when dealing with alleged violations of the EULA or reneging on a
contract, and your reasoning behind your objection. There is no law,
per se, that explicitly criminalizes the violation of the EULA, just
as there is no criminal code to penalize the violation of most, but by
no means all, other types of contracts.

Contracts are, however, as you've intimated, enforceable via civil
law. As you've correctly pointed out, the second party to the
contract would resort to a "court of law" for enforcement of said
contract. Doesn't this single course of remedy imply that breaking a
contract is, after all, illegal in some manner? Otherwise, how could
a court of law, civil or otherwise, possibly have jurisdiction over
the matter?

I think it's important to make the distinction that while
contracts and their alleged violations do not fall under the purview
of criminal law, they do fall under the realm of civil law.


Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

I had bought xp home a little over a year ago. I
originally bought it for a computer that I set up for my
kids. It had wins 95 se and we upgraded. Two weeks later
the hard drive failed. We gave them another pc with wins
me. At that point my 200.00 windows xp was not being
used. So...I upgraded my pc to and love it. I activated
it as well. Is this allowed. Can Microsoft tell that the
original installation of xp home on my kids dead computer
no longer exists.

That is fine. Your upgrade was a retail version and you can transfer
these on as much as you like. You are required to remove it from the
old machine - effectively done by the HD failing. When it comes to
activation, if it is less than 120 days since you last did it, the new
hardware configuration will be noticed in auto-activation, and you will
have to phone in to explain and declare that it is truly only on one
machine. If it was longer - as in your case - you will find it will go
through on the net just like first time.