Can someone explain MS VIrtual PC licensing of client MS licenses?

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Al Dykes

I own XP/Pro and one PC. If I buy MS Virtual PC and install it. Can I
install several instances of my XP/Pro on it?

I read the online EULA and as I read it, I can, but it could have been
written much better, either way and the home page for the product is
silent.
 
That's an interesting question. Virtual PC machines do not have
physical devices, but virtualized ones. However, when you use
VPC with an XP machine it does require activation. The EULA
states one copy (at any one time) on a single platform. Not sure
how the licensing would apply to Windows on Windows. But,
you probably could install XP and save the original VPC state
and replicate it to other VPCs (using it's already activated state).
I have VPCs going back to Windows 3.0 and besides the lack
of USB device support they are very handy to keep around.
Just one word of advice to be effective and still use the Host PC
I'd recommend you have ample memory to run VPC.
 
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