No, you need to purchase a new license for each installation.
Please read your End-User License Agreement by going
to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then
click on "End-User License Agreement".
From the Windows XP EULA:
1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups
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| Can I install the same copy of Windows XP Pro onto more than one virtual
| machine, using VMWare or similar software, so that I could have both a
| stable setup and also one for testing beta software?
| Thanks
| TR