can i install Win XP home on more than one computer ???

[Scott]

Just getting ready to upgrade one of my old computers and
i was not sure if i could use my copy of WIN XP for this
rebuild or if i had to go out and buy a new copy ???????

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Each installation of Windows XP, on a different computer, requires
a new Product Key (license). Otherwise, you'll be unable to activate
Windows XP on your second computer. You'll need to purchase a
new Product Key (license) for your second XP installation.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Just getting ready to upgrade one of my old computers and
| i was not sure if i could use my copy of WIN XP for this
| rebuild or if i had to go out and buy a new copy ???????

 

[Hy]

If you're have the CD. As Carey said, buy a new license
which is probably cheaper than the buying the whole
software.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Just getting ready to upgrade one of my old computers and
i was not sure if i could use my copy of WIN XP for this
rebuild or if i had to go out and buy a new copy ???????

No. 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.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Let's apply a little common sense to the question, shall we? Does
your local grocer let you walk out of the market with three loaves of
bread when you've paid for only one? Can you drive two cars home if
you've paid for only one? Does your local clothier allow you to leave
the shop with two shirts if you've purchased only one? Have you
noticed a trend, yet? So where in the world did you ever get the idea
that software manufacturers would sell their product licenses any
differently? In real life, it doesn't matter whether the product
being purchased is a physical item, a service, or a software license -
if all you buy is one, that's all you get.

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) the sort of multiple installations you're asking about.


Bruce Chambers

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[Michael Stevens]

If you're have the CD. As Carey said, buy a new license
which is probably cheaper than the buying the whole
software.

It is usually the other way around, cheaper from the discount stores than
the small discount for the license only.
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[Alex Nichol]

Just getting ready to upgrade one of my old computers and
i was not sure if i could use my copy of WIN XP for this
rebuild or if i had to go out and buy a new copy ?

Provided that it is a *retail* copy, and not an OEM one 'for supply only
with a new computer* you may remove it from one machine (but you *must*
do that and then install on a new one. When it comes to activation, you
may find it will go through on the net anyway - if more than 120 days
since you last did it certainly will. If not, you will have to phone a
toll-free number that will be given, to explain and swap one long number
for another to check back as you type it in

 

[Alex Nichol]

No. The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license) for
each computer.

But he says a 'rebuild' which I take to mean that only one machine will
be in existence

 

[Ken Blake]

In

But he says a 'rebuild' which I take to mean that only one machine
will be in existence

You might be right, but I took "rebuild" to mean only that he was
upgrading a second computer, and wanting to keep XP installed on
the original one.

Reading his message again, I still think that's what he meant,
but we'll never know for sure unless he writes back to clarify
it.