Can I install one copy of XP Pro on my laptop and desktop

[Guest]

I need to install XP Prop on my laptop. Can I use the
same copy that is on my desktop? I only use one or the
other?

 

[neil]

The short answer is no, you only have one license. Take it off the desktop
you can use it on the laptop and vice versa.

Neil

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

No, unlike OfficeXP, you must have separate copies (and licenses) of WinXP
for each system regardless of how they are used.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Two computers would require two licenses.

As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating systems, it's
necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and copyright laws,
if not technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on
which it is installed. 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.


Bruce Chambers

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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You'll need to go out and purchase the "upgrade version" of
Windows XP Professional in order to upgrade your laptop.
You cannot use your desktop XP installation CD and Product
Key with any other computer.

Go to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then click
on "End-User License Agreement" and read it.

Also, open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and click on "Questions and Answers about the
End-User License Agreement".


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

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| I need to install XP Prop on my laptop. Can I use the
| same copy that is on my desktop? I only use one or the
| other?

 

[Guest]

Just do it !!!!!!!!