Can I

[Fred Holland]

Can I install my copy of windows xp pro on my other
computer in my house ?

 

[Frank]

Only if you uninstall it on your other computer. The whole purpose of
activation is to prevent people from installing XP on multiple computers
once they have a disk.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Sure, right after you purchase a second license (Product Key)
so you can successfully activate it!

To purchase an additional Windows XP license, visit:

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Additional licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp

In order to successfully activate Windows XP on the second
computer, you'll need to purchase a second license (Product Key).
The Windows XP license agreement only permits one installation
of Windows XP on one computer with each Product Key.

Read your Windows XP End-User License Agreement:

Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.

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

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Does your local department of motor vehicles allow you to drive
two cars on a single set of license plates? So why would you 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, one is 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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[Sam Baker]

The concept of licensing a car is completely different. How about if the
license tied the car to a particular driver and you had to buy another car
if a member of your family wanted to use it?
What if when you bought a CD it was tied to your stereo and you had to buy
another one if you wanted to listen to the disk in your car?
I can only use one computer at a time so why do i have to pay for two copies
of windows so i can use my laptop?
Microsofts licensing policy is greedy and offensive. This said it is their
right to behave in this way and my right to choose not to use their software
if i so wish. I choose to use windows and pay for 2 copies but i wont be an
apologist for them!!

 

[Danny Bleu]

I don't know, can you?

The concept of licensing a car is completely different. How about if the
license tied the car to a particular driver and you had to buy another car
if a member of your family wanted to use it?
What if when you bought a CD it was tied to your stereo and you had to buy
another one if you wanted to listen to the disk in your car?
I can only use one computer at a time so why do i have to pay for two copies
of windows so i can use my laptop?
Microsofts licensing policy is greedy and offensive. This said it is their
right to behave in this way and my right to choose not to use their software
if i so wish. I choose to use windows and pay for 2 copies but i wont be an
apologist for them!!

 

[My Name]

I agree with you completely Sam. It all boils down to "greedy". I am sure
that the next thing they will do with the "license" is to put a date on it.
It will then only be good for one year, or six months, or what ever B.G.
wants.

 

[Plato]

I agree with you completely Sam. It all boils down to "greedy". I am sure
that the next thing they will do with the "license" is to put a date on it.
It will then only be good for one year, or six months, or what ever B.G.
wants.

Whatever the market will bear. Sign up for an Economics 101 class and
they will teach you about the basic Supply and Demand curve and how
Capitalism works.

It's NOT rocket science by any means.

 

[Alex Nichol]

The concept of licensing a car is completely different. How about if the
license tied the car to a particular driver and you had to buy another car
if a member of your family wanted to use it?

The analogy is more that if another member of the family wants to use
*your* car, he can if you are not using it; and can similarly use *your*
computer. But you would have to have a separate license for a separate
car to be used by others (or by you at some different time)

People can always argue around analogies - the short answer is that
Microsoft provide the system on these terms as being the ones they feel
are in their best commercial interest.