Second machine

[Guest]

I didn't see a "License" newsgroup, so I'm putting this in "General". At home, I have a machine that was running Windows ME, and my school-age kid has one in his room also running ME (bought at the same time). I have just bought and installed the XP Home Edition upgrade on my machine. I remember reading somewhere that I am entitled to install the upgrade on a second machine in the same household, but I can't find this written anywhere. Before I upgrade my son's machine, I want to make sure this is OK before I install it and it "registers" itself with Microsoft.

 

[R. McCarty]

Only two Microsoft products have multiple PC licensing schemes.
Office - One desktop and one notebook
Office for Students and Teachers edition - up to 3 individual PCs.
Everything else is - One Copy, Once License, One PC
- & Enforced with Windows Product Activation

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

While what you read is true of _some_ Microsoft applications
(retail licenses only), the one-desktop-and-one-portable-computer
allowance has _never_ applied to Microsoft's operating systems.
You'll need to purchase a separate WinXP license for each computer on
which you install it.

As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating systems,
it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on which
it is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to
determine final applicability in your locale.) 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) multiple installations using a single license.

You can buy additional licenses, assuming you have a retail
license. Naturally, Microsoft cannot sell additional OEM licenses.
Be aware, however, that you'll probably pay more this way than you
would if you were to buy a second copy of WinXP from a discount
retailer; Microsoft will only offer you a 15% discount off their MSRP.

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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I didn't see a "License" newsgroup, so I'm putting this in

"General". At home, I have a machine that was running Windows ME, and
my school-age kid has one in his room also running ME (bought at the
same time). I have just bought and installed the XP Home Edition
upgrade on my machine. I remember reading somewhere that I am entitled
to install the upgrade on a second machine in the same household, but
I can't find this written anywhere. Before I upgrade my son's machine,
I want to make sure this is OK before I install it and it "registers"
itself with Microsoft.

 

[kurttrail]

I didn't see a "License" newsgroup, so I'm putting this in "General".
At home, I have a machine that was running Windows ME, and my
school-age kid has one in his room also running ME (bought at the
same time). I have just bought and installed the XP Home Edition
upgrade on my machine. I remember reading somewhere that I am
entitled to install the upgrade on a second machine in the same
household, but I can't find this written anywhere. Before I upgrade
my son's machine, I want to make sure this is OK before I install it
and it "registers" itself with Microsoft.

Well, you have come to the right place!

How to Activate Windows XP on Multiple Computers
http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/

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http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[kurttrail]

Greetings --

While what you read is true of _some_ Microsoft applications
(retail licenses only), the one-desktop-and-one-portable-computer
allowance has _never_ applied to Microsoft's operating systems.
You'll need to purchase a separate WinXP license for each computer on
which you install it.

As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating systems,
it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on which
it is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to
determine final applicability in your locale.)

<snip>

Of course Bruce cannot actually quote Title 17 Chapter 1 Section 117,
because if he did, it would show him to be a liar, because no where in
Section 117 does it say that it is a violation of the LAW to install
software on more than one computer.

That's how liars & hypocrites work.

Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec. 117 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer
programs


(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy. -
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement
for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the
making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:

(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step
in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine
and that it is used in no other manner, or

(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and
that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued
possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.

The following is a translation of Section 117 (a) from the legalese
using MS's own definitions:

Title 17 Chapter 1 Section 117. - Limitations on the exclusive rights of
Copyright Owners: Computer programs

(a) Making of Additional Installation by the Owner of aCopy of
Software. - It is not infringement for the owner of a copy of software
to make another installation provided:

(1) that such a new installation is made as a necessary step in making
use of the software together with a previously unknown computer and that
it is used in no
other manner, or

"(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and
that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued
possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful"

Installation -
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made -http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResult
s.aspx?search=created

necessary -
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making use -
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together with -
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a previously unknown -
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or -
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?search=or

For more information about Section 117 see:
http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/

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http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[Alex Nichol]

I didn't see a "License" newsgroup, so I'm putting this in "General". At home, I have a machine that was running Windows ME, and my school-age kid has one in his room also running ME (bought at the same time). I have just bought and installed the XP Home Edition upgrade on my machine. I remember reading somewhere that I am entitled to install the upgrade on a second machine in the same household, but I can't find this written anywhere.

You aren't. Windows is (and always has been) provided, other than in
corporate contracts, as a license to install on one machine *only*,
though you may transfer a retail copy onward. You must buy a second
copy for each machine. And if you buy an Upgrade, you ought to have
independently purchased 'qualifying' systems to support the license of
each copy.