Licensing

[Thomas Taylor]

Maybe someone can answer this for me. If my father
purchsed a copy of Windows XP, could I purchase a license
and run XP on my computer from his disk? Just wondering
before I go out and buy a new XP disk.

 

[Willit]

Yes, that would be fine. The disk is of no consequence.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Licensing

From: "Thomas Taylor" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 11/21/2003 3:07 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

Maybe someone can answer this for me. If my father
purchsed a copy of Windows XP, could I purchase a license
and run XP on my computer from his disk? Just wondering
before I go out and buy a new XP disk.

You CAN use your own legal Product Key(license) with your dad's CD...however if
your addy is real you're somewhere in East Central Michigan(as I am) and you
may be able to find a complete copy of XP at a discount or with a store rebate
that will make it less than M$ price for a license only. Try CompUSA,
Microcenter or one of the Office Supply stores in the area. DO be wary of
Internet "deals" for what are usually OEM copies or worse, pirated.

Good Luck,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[David Robbins]

Maybe someone can answer this for me. If my father
purchsed a copy of Windows XP, could I purchase a license
and run XP on my computer from his disk? Just wondering
before I go out and buy a new XP disk.

sure, at cdw an xp pro license is only $269 where a full version with disk
is $299.

 

[Willit]

Try this then:

http://www.9software.com/ Full Retail $156.00

 

[Ken Blake]

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Maybe someone can answer this for me. If my father
purchsed a copy of Windows XP, could I purchase a license
and run XP on my computer from his disk? Just wondering
before I go out and buy a new XP disk.

Yes you can buy extra licenses (see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp). But
it's not generally a good deal. The problem is that Microsoft
sells additional licenses at only a small savings over the list
price. You're almost certainly better off just buying a complete
second copy from a discount source.