Can I Activate The Same Copy on Three CPUs

[Ricky]

First, that's only for XP Professional, not Home.




I'm running on my laptop, at the moment, which is XP Home, so I can't
check the Professional EULA right now, but as I recall, that's very
clearly what it says. Can you cut and paste the relevant
sentence/paragraph here?

This is what it says in the Pro EULA..

1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.

 

[cubafive]

Clearly you have not read the EULA.

As for your source, you misunderstood or were misunderstood.
Or possibly had an incompetent tech.
Or can you give a verifiable source?
I did, but you continue to disregard my source as well as you can not
provide a source.
"one of the Activation people" is not a source.
Without a name and other relevant information, it is no better than hearsay.
And hearsay is all you are spreading.

I wasn't clear. I apologize. The "three times" was not in reference to
the EULA, at all, but with regard to the technical aspects of the
installation process during which the computer activates itself over
the Internet. Technically, as is how Windows actiavtes itself, has
nothing to do with the EULA. Obviously, I was not clear.

The EULA is more than "just a piece of paper".
For me, it is an agreement I freely accept or not.
I honour agreements I accept, apparently you prefer to remain ignorant of
agreements you accept.

Tell me, my noble friend, what do you do if the "agreement" turned out
to be improper, giving one party undo rights over the other, without
that other party's knowledge, forcing that party of accept hidden and
illegal terms?

Oh, but Microsoft would never do anything wrong. In all those court
battles MS was innocent. What was it that MS was found guilty of?

I find no sympathy with you. Some guy making a 2nd copy of XP, say for
his kid's old Win98 box, and I should feel a lack of "honor?"

*sigh*

 

[cubafive]

I want to apologize for my previous reply, Hal.

Discussing the technical aspects of Windows' Activation is probably not
pertinent to this newsgroup. (Nor what you were probably asking about.)

So, let me rethink your question for a second... ... ...

Okay...

If you are going to be no longer using your first computer, disposing
of it, or if it's broken, etc., then yes, you can use the CD and
activate it on another computer.

If you want to continue to use the first computer, then you are not
allowed to install the CD on another computer according to the license
agreement (which you "agree to" when you install Windows).

 

[cubafive]

Ken Blake wrote:
....

As far as the "can you?" question, yes, there are ways around almost any
restriction. You *can* rob banks too. That doesn't make it legal. You may
not rob banks and you may not use a single Windows license on more than one
computer.

Robbing banks and copying Windows are two completely different things.
Making a 2nd copy of XP is about as victimless a crime as there can be.
Or do you *really* get pissed that Microsoft's Monopoly practises do
net get an extra $50.00 bucks or so this year? Is that what drives you
MVPs?

Yeah, I was wrong. I was getting all "technical" when I should have
been behaving like a sheep.

Yeah, I was wrong. How dare anyone let Microsoft make $8,999,999,950.00
in sales this year by their fraudulent business practises instead of
$9,000,000,000.00!

Yeah, I was wrong. This newsgroup is for Help and Support, not
technical or philosophical argument. (Actually, for that, I was wrong,
in perpetuating these posts with you and your fanatical partner.)

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"2nd copy of XP, say for his kid's old Win98 box, and I should feel a lack
of "honor?""
Did he pay for it?
One license, one computer as it has always been since at least Windows 95.
If he can not afford Windows XP on the 2nd computer, perhaps he should wait.
Waiting until one has the funds before purchasing is not a new idea and is
the best way to acquire desired goods.
Taking without proper compensation to the owner is not a legitimate option.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"This newsgroup is for Help and Support"
I am not sure you really understood the purpose of this specific newsgroup.

Go to Start and click "Help and Support"
This newsgroup is here to support that feature.
Some such as yourself come here mistakenly thinking the purpose is for
general help and support with Windows XP.
That is incorrect and there is a more appropriate newsgroup for that and
most other subjects.

 

[Ken Blake]

This is what it says in the Pro EULA..

1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.

Thank you. In that case, what it says is very clear, and, as I thought, it
says *one*computer with two processors, but not two computers, each with a
separate processor.

 

[Ken Blake]

Ken Blake wrote:
...

Robbing banks and copying Windows are two completely different things.
Making a 2nd copy of XP is about as victimless a crime as there can
be. Or do you *really* get pissed that Microsoft's Monopoly practises
do net get an extra $50.00 bucks or so this year? Is that what drives
you MVPs?

I made no attempt to equate the two, nor do I think that the the two are
equivalent crimes. I merely pointed out out that what you *can* do and what
you *may* do are two diffrent things. In that respect, and in that respect
alone, violating the Windows EULA and robbing a bank are the same.

 

[Ricky]

Thank you. In that case, what it says is very clear, and, as I thought, it
says *one*computer with two processors, but not two computers, each with a
separate processor.

You're welcome..and yes very clear.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Yes.

Windows' Activation can be done 3 times per Key. After that you have to
call and if you have a convincing reason they will just supply you with
a set of numbers to activate the copy (i.e. hard drive failure, system
upgrade, etc.)

That's completely incorrect.

There's no limit to the number of times you can reinstall and
activate the same WinXP license on the same PC. Nor is there ever a
charge. Nor does a Product Key (so long as it's not an evaluation
license) ever expire. If it's been more than 120 days since you last
activated that specific Product Key, you'll most likely be able to
activate via the Internet without problem. If it's been less, you might
have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm


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