removing xp from one machine so it can be reinstalled on another

[Guest]

with this activation process, you cannot have xp(RETAIL) on more than one
machine. I would like to remove it from one machine and then install in
another. MS tech support told me that this copy of xp cannot get a license
for more than one machine. I wish I knew that before. I would then have put
it on the machine that I want it on now. Can it be removed and then
installed on another nachine? Still only one machine licensed.

jim

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

with this activation process, you cannot have xp(RETAIL) on more than one
machine. I would like to remove it from one machine and then install in
another. MS tech support told me that this copy of xp cannot get a license
for more than one machine. I wish I knew that before. I would then have
put
it on the machine that I want it on now. Can it be removed and then
installed on another nachine? Still only one machine licensed.

If it IS a Retail (big blue or green box for Pro or Home) copy and not an
OEM then you CAN move it to a new machine and activate (you may have to do
so by telephone).

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jim;
Yes, simply remove Windows XP from the first computer and install it on the
second computer.
This applies to retail and not OEM.
The one computer licensing is nothing new, it has been that way since at
least Windows 95, only now there is an enforcement mechanism.

 

[kurttrail]

with this activation process, you cannot have xp(RETAIL) on more than
one machine.

Not true. With the activation process, MS is just trying to stop you
from from doing that. Whether you allow them to enforce their whim in
your home is really YOUR choice, not MS's.

http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/

I would like to remove it from one machine and then
install in another. MS tech support told me that this copy of xp
cannot get a license for more than one machine.

Sounds like MS tech support is trying to trick you into buying a copy of
XP that you don't legally need.

I wish I knew that
before. I would then have put it on the machine that I want it on
now. Can it be removed and then installed on another nachine? Still
only one machine licensed.

Yes, you can move retail XP as many times as you like.

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[kurttrail]

Jim;
Yes, simply remove Windows XP from the first computer and install it
on the second computer.
This applies to retail and not OEM.
The one computer licensing is nothing new, it has been that way since
at least Windows 95, only now there is an enforcement mechanism.

Since Windows 3.1, or 13 years last April. And not one private
non-commercial individual has been sued let alone found guilty of
anything for installing a MS OS on more than one computer. MS has
demonstrated that it is NOT willing to try to legally enforce its
commercial use terms on any private non-commercial individual.

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"Not true..."
But then the OP must ignore the agreement previously agreed.
Perhaps you do not abide by agreements you make, but others may have
integrity.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Whether Microsoft has sued or not is not relevant.
What is relevant is the EULA agreed.
Not everyone is as willing to dishonour agreements as you would have them to
be.

 

[Daniel]

I think it goes that Linux using virus writers don't have to
obey the law or keep their agreements.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Daniel;
Not sure I understand what you mean.
Everyone who is honest will honour agreements they make.
Linux is free so a lot of this does not apply to Linux.

 

[Daniel]

Just ignore me, I'm just being a smart A, that kurttrail
bloke annoys me no end.

Daniel

 

[kurttrail]

Whether Microsoft has sued or not is not relevant.

I would LOVE to see a Microsoft lawyer make that argument before a real
Judge!

I doubt a real judge would agree with your assessment that MS's
responsibility to exercise their due diligence wouldn't be relevant!

What is relevant is the EULA agreed.

LOL! And its meaning is debatable. That's why under the LAW, it is the
courts that decide matters of contractual disputes, not corporations!

Not everyone is as willing to dishonour agreements as you would have
them to be.

There is no dishonor in believing that MS's usage terms our commerial
use terms. There is absolutely no legal precedent that a shrink-wrap
license is a legally valid private use contract that can legally
invalidate an individuals right to "fair use."


Speaking of dishonor, I love the way you dishonor yourself, by changing
another person's words!

No you may have the last word, as you need to have some advantage over
me, since you are so lacking in logical thought.

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[kurttrail]

"Not true..."
But then the OP must ignore the agreement previously agreed.

Not true. Even by MS's rules, one can install XP on another computer as
a 30 day trial.

Perhaps you do not abide by agreements you make, but others may have
integrity.

LOL! Like MS has any! Proven Predatory Monopoly! Proven IP Infringer!

While no one paying customer has been charged with, let alone found
guilty of doing ANYTHING wrong for installing their copy of software on
more than one computer!

You can't seize the moral highground when you are on the same side as
one of the biggest corporate criminals on the planet!

LOL! Talk about integrity! You idea of integrity is changing another
person's words!

Your actions show what kind of integrity YOU believe in! And now I'll
let you have the last word here too. I know it means so much to you!

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[kurttrail]

Just ignore me, I'm just being a smart A, that kurttrail
bloke annoys me no end.

LOL! Thanks!

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Where has Microsoft stated there is a 30 day trial?
There is nothing about a trial in the EULA.
Or is that just another of your assumptions because activation is not
necessary for 30 days?
Please cite a source for the 30 day trial.
That would have to be the EULA or possibly something on Microsoft's website.
Or are you going to quote someone who possibly did not have the authority of
Microsoft?
Again it seems your agenda may have left you a little blind.

Much of what you said seems to be based on the idea if someone else is
dishonourable, it is OK for everyone else.
That could lead to anarchy.
Myself and others choose to honour our word, you of course are free to do
otherwise.

This has nothing to do with "moral highground".
It has to do with honouring an agreement one has already agreed.

 

[Winux P]

There was a time here in Australia where Microsoft was offering $AUD 5000.00
for dobbing a pirate in. Still no one was busted for piracy, or should I say
no one was granted the money from Micrososft for any infringements. Guess
everyone seen through MS bluff except for Stupider & Co.

You should start posting to microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea Stupider,
it will match what comes out your mouth.

-Winux P.

 

[Matt Silberstein]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:46:47 -0600, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general , "Jupiter Jones [MVP]"
<[email protected]> in

Whether Microsoft has sued or not is not relevant.
What is relevant is the EULA agreed.
Not everyone is as willing to dishonour agreements as you would have them to
be.

An "agreement" whose terms are not disclosed until after I pay is not
necessarily an agreement.


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there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.

 

[Winux P]

Correct Matt, and in addition one has the legal right and obligation of
reply, alteration and refutation of any contract put before them. To disable
the next button on an installation setup prompt, unless a certain option is
chosen, is a contract agreed to under duress. Take no note Stupider, his
still waiting for the day MS carpet bombs a country for mass EULA
disagreements.

-Winux P.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

with this activation process, you cannot have xp(RETAIL) on more than one
machine. I would like to remove it from one machine and then install in
another. MS tech support told me that this copy of xp cannot get a license
for more than one machine. I wish I knew that before. I would then have put
it on the machine that I want it on now. Can it be removed and then
installed on another nachine? Still only one machine licensed.

jim

Assuming a retail license (OEM licenses are not legitimately
transferable), simply remove WinXP from the computer it is currently on
and then install it on the new computer. If it's been more than 120
days since you last activated that specific Product Key, the you'll most
likely be able to activate via the Internet without problem. If it's
been less, you might have to make a 5 minute phone call.

Here are the facts pertaining to activation:

Piracy Basics - Microsoft Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/

Windows Product Activation (WPA)
http://www.aumha.org/a/wpa.htm


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[kurttrail]

There was a time here in Australia where Microsoft was offering $AUD
5000.00 for dobbing a pirate in. Still no one was busted for piracy,
or should I say no one was granted the money from Micrososft for any
infringements. Guess everyone seen through MS bluff except for
Stupider & Co.
You should start posting to microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
Stupider, it will match what comes out your mouth.

LOL! Stupider Stones! I like it!

And he proved he is really is stupid by asking me a bunch of questions
when I told him I was giving him the last word!

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[Winux P]

There seems to be a few of them here. I'm sure they put their black
trousers, white shirts and black name tags on before posting the EULA bible
cataclysm quotes that are, literally only as strong as the paper there
printed on. Whose interest are they serving?, certainly not their own,
that's the scary part. I guess it's a case of Stupider Stones rhetoric
regarding the questions hes' thrown your way. His mate Mr. CopyPaste King
(aka. Bruce Chambers) is slightly funnier though. Take your clothes off
before going to bed guys, it will chill you out.

MS is yet to make an example of someone or some organisation to this day for
EULA infringement, well publically anyway.

-Winux P.