Product Key!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kirstifani]

To make a long story short, I bought a copy of the XP
upgrade, upgraded my computer, and without thinking, lent
it to a friend to do the same......

Now my daughter has just received a computer, and has
updated the windows on it to XP....but the product key
has now been registered twice (the alllowed amount) and
so after 30 days, windows will no longer work without
registering....

Does anyone have a product key...or no anyone who
does....that isnt planning on resitering twice...

Or does anyone know how I can get one??????


Thanks guys,
Kirstifani

 

[purplehaz]

Uhhhh........ the allowed amount is one, not two. (ms office allows two
installs).Now that you have given your xp to your friend they should thank
you as theirs is leagal and activated and your is not. You'll have to
purchase a copy/license/key for your daughters computer. And if your friend
is any kind of friend he'll buy his own xp and give your key back so your xp
is leagal again and can be updated and such. You're friend will need to buy
their own xp/license/key. The rule has always been one copy on one computer.
This started at least with win95. XP just now has a way to stop you from
doing this.

 

[Ray at]

To make a long story short, I bought a copy of the XP
upgrade, upgraded my computer, and without thinking, lent
it to a friend to do the same......

Violation of EULA.

Now my daughter has just received a computer, and has
updated the windows on it to XP....

Violation of EULA.

but the product key
has now been registered twice (the alllowed amount) and
so after 30 days, windows will no longer work without
registering....

Yes, this is by design.

Does anyone have a product key...

I have one.

or no anyone who
does....that isnt planning on resitering twice...

Whoever said you can register twice?

Or does anyone know how I can get one??????

Yes, with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, cash, etc.

Ray at work

 

[stuart]

You can get a product key by buying a copy of windows xp.
and also i think you can only use one wondows cd per
computer.

 

[Guest]

Call and make up a story of a crash, they will give you a
new number. You can wait 120 days and they will not have a
record of it.

 

[Steve Nielsen]

Dishonest.

Steve

Call and make up a story of a crash, they will give you a
new number. You can wait 120 days and they will not have a
record of it.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Product Key!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: "stuart" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 10/24/2003 10:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

You can get a product key by buying a copy of windows xp.
and also i think you can only use one wondows cd per
computer.

For the record, you can use the same Windows CD on a hundred PCs...provided you
have purchased 100 Product Keys from MS, one for each PC.

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

 

[Joe727]

No good deed goes unpunished.

Joe

 

[Guest]

Yeah right and MS and all the apologists that defend them
are !!! Just because they write a EULA to suit themselves
and you call it dishonest then it's the way it is. Wrong,
MS has been beat too many times cheating for anybody to
buy that. Why don't you go write a program and let them
think it's a good idea, they take your code and put their
name on it in heart beat and dare you to challenge them.
Get a life!!!!!

 

[Christopher Muto]

you can activate your daughters new install by calling microsoft and getting
an activation code. they will confirm with you that you have this serial
number installed only on one machine as per the licensing agreement.
technically the other installations will continue to work as well as the new
one but it is in violation of their license agreement. let your conscious
guide you in making your decision.

 

[Steve Nielsen]

Oh, so because there are corporate thieves and robbers in the world it's
ok for me to steal, too?

Get a conscience.

Steve

 

[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.

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp


Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

It's pretty lame when someone has to use anyone else's alleged
"misbehavior" to justify their own lack of integrity. Don't you have
the courage to admit that you're nothing but a thief and a liar,
honest only when someone's looking?

Bruce Chambers

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[Ian Merrithew]

To make a long story short, I bought a copy of the XP
upgrade, upgraded my computer, and without thinking, lent
it to a friend to do the same......

Unlike many other queries on this NG regarding multiple activations, this
one's clear-cut. Copyright infringement. You don't have the right to
distribute WinXP to others; that's an exclusive right of the copyright
holder, in this case Microsoft.

Now my daughter has just received a computer, and has
updated the windows on it to XP....but the product key
has now been registered twice (the alllowed amount) and
so after 30 days, windows will no longer work without
registering....

This one, there may be a fair-use argument for, if your daughter is a
dependent and living in the same household you are (i.e. the legally-
purchased copy in your possession could be regarded as shared property
amongst the members of your household/family). Even so, it remains in
violation of the EULA. Take that under advisement.

Does anyone have a product key...or no anyone who
does....that isnt planning on resitering twice...

Don't ask that here. This isn't a "warez" group.