installing on second machine

[Pete]

Does anyone know the official policy and procedure for
using a registered version of XP pro on a second machine
on LAN connected to the net by hub and cable modem. Is
that officially supported by MS and when the time comes to
register the new install will it get the stamp of approval
from the register controller?

 

[Norm]

One computer = one copy of the OS, nothing new here.

 

[Bill James]

The license only allows installing Windows on one computer. The fact of being on a LAN has nothing to do with that restriction.

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[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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[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Does anyone know the official policy and procedure for
using a registered version of XP pro on a second machine
on LAN connected to the net by hub and cable modem. Is
that officially supported by MS and when the time comes to
register the new install will it get the stamp of approval
from the register controller?

I reckon this question is rapidly approaching, if not overtaking, "OE
denies access to attachments" and "Is my windows 32 bit or 64 bit" and "I
cannot customize Outlook Today"!

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Does anyone know the official policy and procedure for
using a registered version of XP pro on a second machine
on LAN connected to the net by hub and cable modem. Is
that officially supported by MS and when the time comes to
register the new install will it get the stamp of approval
from the register controller?

Its being on a LAN is irrelevant. You are not permitted to do
this. 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.

 

[W7TI]

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?

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Your "common sense" doesn't quite cut it. Let me play devil's advocate
for a minute.

If I pay for a loaf of bread and take it home, am I forbidden to bake
another one just like it? Can I not take the loaf apart and see how
it's made? Can I not reverse engineer the recipe? Likewise, if I drive
a car home, am I forbidden to buy or make a bunch of parts and create
another one? Don't laugh; some people do build cars from scratch. Have
you heard of replicars that look just like the original? Should they be
illegal?

Don't get me wrong - I understand the licensing issue completely and all
my software is paid for and properly registered. I just have a problem
with what I can or can not do with something I bought and paid for when
it's a physical object like a CD.

 

[cimex]

Perhaps one aspect to consider is the effort involved in cloning Windows vs
cloning a car, a coat, or a loaf of bread. I have tried to do the latter
two, and it is a lot of work. The prototype replica is not usually an
adequate substitute for the original. This fact keeps the vast majority of
individuals from attempting to clone these objects, and thus, from
threatening the returns the originator would receive on the investment in
the products's development.

A CD, on the other hand, takes minimal time and effort for the average
person to clone, compared to the effort needed to create the original. So
too, producing a patented phamaceutical product is relatively cheap compared
developng the drug in the first place. This discrepancy lies at the root of
copyright and patent protection, IMO.

 

[W7TI]

A CD, on the other hand, takes minimal time and effort for the average
person to clone, compared to the effort needed to create the original. So
too, producing a patented phamaceutical product is relatively cheap compared
developng the drug in the first place. This discrepancy lies at the root of
copyright and patent protection, IMO.

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Agreed, but I'm talking about something I've purchased, for my own
personal use. If someone was to take my intellectual property and try
to sell it like it was his own, I'd cry foul too. But when I've sold it
to him for his own personal, non-resale use, I figure he can do with it
what he wants.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No, apparently you don't understand the concept of licensing. The
only thing you buy and pay for, when it comes to software, is a
license (iow, the copyright owner's permission) to use that software
product in accordance with the conditions specified in the license.
Once you exceed those boundaries, you've violated the license and the
software owner is perfectly within his rights in denying you further
use of the product. You entered into an agreement, and then reneged
upon it. The method of delivery, whether it's by CD, DVD, floppy
disk, magnetic tape, Internet download, or the printed code for you to
hand enter, is completely irrelevant.

Bruce Chambers

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[cimex]

What if an individual who owned a small business bought one copy of XP and
installed it on 10 computers? What if one individual with five computers
installed a single copy of XP on all the machines? There is no place to
draw a line, unfortunately. At least MS has been explicit in stating the
rule for a long, long time. The enforcement of the rule takes us by
surprise, but it was there all along. IMO, a $90 copy of XP Home OEM gives
tremendous value for the money.

 

[Richard]

Let us take it one step further. You bought a ticket to a movie, does that
give you the right to bring your wife, or girl friend, or both, in to see
the movies with you. You did not buy the movie, you bought the right to
see it, not the right for 10 people to see it or the right to bring a
camcorder in and copy it.

 

[W7TI]

Let us take it one step further. You bought a ticket to a movie, does that
give you the right to bring your wife, or girl friend, or both, in to see
the movies with you. You did not buy the movie, you bought the right to
see it, not the right for 10 people to see it or the right to bring a
camcorder in and copy it.

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Having seen the movie, can I go home and make one just like it for my
own personal use?