installing xp on another computer

[Bluto]

how do i install xp on my home computer?/??? already
using it on one and have purchased another without an
operating system. PLEASE HELP!!!!!! can it be done
legally???

 

[Testy]

NO

Testy

how do i install xp on my home computer?/??? already
using it on one and have purchased another without an
operating system. PLEASE HELP!!!!!! can it be done
legally???

 

[Steve]

Yes. But you will get only 30 days of use.

 

[kurttrail]

how do i install xp on my home computer?/??? already
using it on one and have purchased another without an
operating system. PLEASE HELP!!!!!! can it be done
legally???

No one can give you a definitive answer on the legality of what you want
to do. Any one that tells you otherwise is either a liar or a moron
[possibly both]. You have to come to your own decision.

For more info on Multiple Activation see:

http://microscum.kurttrail.com/mmpafaq/

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[Steve]

I believe the EULA is a legally binding contract. This means if you breach
the agreement, you simply lose customer support and cannot demand it from
MS. You haven't actually broken a law of the land.

how do i install xp on my home computer?/??? already
using it on one and have purchased another without an
operating system. PLEASE HELP!!!!!! can it be done
legally???

No one can give you a definitive answer on the legality of what you want
to do. Any one that tells you otherwise is either a liar or a moron
[possibly both]. You have to come to your own decision.

For more info on Multiple Activation see:

http://microscum.kurttrail.com/mmpafaq/

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[Nick Burns]

You have to purchased a OS for each machine and it's always been that away.

 

[kurttrail]

I believe the EULA is a legally binding contract. This means if you
breach the agreement, you simply lose customer support and cannot
demand it from MS. You haven't actually broken a law of the land.

And there is no US law that prohibits breaking a contract, in and of
itself. MS's EULA terms are legally questionable to begin with,
especially as it concerns private individuals using the software for
non-commercial use, and that's why MS has never pursued one individual
for breaking the EULA, because they are afraid they'd lose in court, and
then they couldn't FUD people into believing their EULA & post-EULA
policies.

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[Steve]

I don't believe such a law exists in the UK either. After all, the only
"wrong" being done, is breaking the agreement.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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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[kurttrail]

Greetings --

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

MicroMoron!

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=83926

MS started their one computer EULA nonsense with Windows 3.1.

Why do the MicroMorons have to lie?

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[Alex Nichol]

how do i install xp on my home computer?/??? already
using it on one and have purchased another without an
operating system. PLEASE HELP!!!!!! can it be done
legally???

Windows is, as always sold on the basis of one copy to each machine.
Now there is the activation system to ensure you don't do it. You have
to buy another copy. There is a discount scheme (see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp
) but a copy at a discount store will probably be cheaper

 

[kurttrail]

Windows is, as always sold on the basis of one copy to each machine.
Now there is the activation system to ensure you don't do it. You
have to buy another copy. There is a discount scheme (see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp
) but a copy at a discount store will probably be cheaper

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=83926

MS started their one computer EULA nonsense with Windows 3.1, Windows
*HAS* *NOT* been "always sold on the basis of one copy to each machine!"

I suggest that you modify your language to better conform with the
actual facts, Alex.

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