installing on more than one computer

[noah]

I bought windows XP update package to update my desktop
from millenium addition. I also ahave a laptop and would
like to run XP on that. is this possible? am I actually
meant to spend another $100 for the exact same program to
run on my other computer?

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

No you can't and yes you are!

If you install it on a second machine, it won't activate on that machine and
after 30 it will no longer function.

 

[Joan Archer]

Yes this is the way it has been with all versions of Windows, you agree to
this in the EULA, you can only install on one machine.
Joan

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I bought windows XP update package to update my desktop
from millenium addition. I also ahave a laptop and would
like to run XP on that. is this possible? am I actually
meant to spend another $100 for the exact same program to
run on my other computer?

Yes - you are required to purchase another license for Windows XP for the
other machine.

Don't think of the Windows opertaing system as something you just put in a
PC and use then put in any other (like a DVD movie of music CD).
Think of it more like a part of your PC (like your CPU or memory).
Yes you can take it out and put it in another PC but if you want 2 working
machines you buy 2 CPUs and 2 sets of memory.
And thus 2 copies of Windows XP.
(This is the same license as we have had for all versions of Windows since
Windows 3.1)


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[Steve Balmer]

If you know how, anything done by us to prevent it, can
be circumvented.

 

[Papa]

ROFL

If you know how, anything done by us to prevent it, can
be circumvented.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I bought windows XP update package to update my desktop
from millenium addition. I also ahave a laptop and would
like to run XP on that. is this possible?

No, not without getting a second copy or second license (which
unfortunately costs mre than a second copy).

am I actually
meant to spend another $100 for the exact same program to
run on my other computer?

Yes. 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.