Dual XP Pro

[Guest]

I have Windows XP Pro installed on a gaming computer, now I just built a new
computer for my son, is it possible for me to use the same XP Pro disc that
is on my gaming rig to put on the new computer?? Thanks

 

[DL]

No
one winxp cd = one PC

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I have Windows XP Pro installed on a gaming computer,
now I just built a new computer for my son, is it possible
for me to use the same XP Pro disc that is on my gaming
rig to put on the new computer?? Thanks

"Possible"? Try it.
"Permissable by the EULA"? No. The EULA says that
what you have is a "license" to install and run WinXP Pro
on ONE computer at a time. If you want to use it to install
WinXP Pro on another computer, you are supposed to
uninstall it from the 1st computer before doing so. Of
course, MS has no way of knowing if you actually did that,
and if the 2 installations are more than 120 days apart,
MS doesn't even ask.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Guest]

The disks are all the same, and a disk can be used any number of times. BUT
you need a licence-key for each computer or you won't be able to activate it.
(Unfortunately, that's the expensive bit..)

 

[Timothy Daniels]

The disks are all the same, and a disk can be used any number
of times. BUT you need a licence-key for each computer or you
won't be able to activate it.

Not true. That would prevent a person from uninstalling WinXP
on one computer and then installing it on another - which is quite
legal and quite commonly done. If the installations are made
less than 120 days apart, one would have to call Microsoft's
Activiation reps and explain that you destroyed the old computer
or that you uninstalled WinXP on the old computer in favore of
Linux. If the installations are made more than 120 days apart,
you can just procede as with any normal automated activation.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Richard Urban]

What about WGA, with the same license key on two, or more, computers. The
hard drive serial number is also sent with the WGA Notifications, so as soon
as the information is plugged into a database, it will be obvious that the
same key is used on two computers. Then, WGA Notifications will likely pop
up on "both" computers as the system is being pirated.

It is because of people constantly installing their operating system on many
computers that we even have WGA to contend with now.

And you give an answer to perpetuate the problem, so that it will never go
away.

Thanks, from all of us (with 100% legal operating systems) who have to
contend with the situation now.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

What about WGA, with the same license key on two, or more, computers.
The hard drive serial number is also sent with the WGA Notifications, so
as soon as the information is plugged into a database, it will be obvious
that the same key is used on two computers.

How long is the database kept? Previously, Microsoft didn't keep
any records longer than 4 months. Has that been extended with WGA?

*TimDaniels*

 

[Timothy Daniels]

It is because of people constantly installing their operating system
on many computers that we even have WGA to contend with now.

And you give an answer to perpetuate the problem, so that it will
never go away.

Thanks, from all of us (with 100% legal operating systems) who
have to contend with the situation now.

To all Saints: Microsoft instigated WGA. Not I. And Microsoft
is being sued for it.

*TimDaniels*