Testing XP without activation

[Dwayne]

I was wondering if anyone knows if you are allowed to install a copy of
Windows XP pro on a second machine simply for testing for a few weeks. You
get 30 days to activate the product correct? I have a PC set aside at
work that I have been using to test the different server Operating systems
using the trial downloads, the problem is that I do not have an extra client
with anything except Windows 98 installed and that certainly doesn't give me
a good overview as 95% of the clients use XP Professional. It seems easy
enough to do and just not activate but I don't want to break any laws.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.

Dwayne

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I was wondering if anyone knows if you are allowed to install a copy of
Windows XP pro on a second machine simply for testing for a few weeks. You
get 30 days to activate the product correct? I have a PC set aside at
work that I have been using to test the different server Operating systems
using the trial downloads, the problem is that I do not have an extra client
with anything except Windows 98 installed and that certainly doesn't give me
a good overview as 95% of the clients use XP Professional. It seems easy
enough to do and just not activate but I don't want to break any laws.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me.

Dwayne,

The End User License Agreement (EULA) for Windows XP allows for installation
to one PC per purchased license. This is irrespective of activation or not.
If you take an existing copy of Window XP installed on a current machine and
install it on another PC, you are in breach of the EULA.
If you require to install Windows XP on another machine you either need to
purchase another license/copy or use one the 120-day evaluation copies
supplied as part of other programs e.g. the 120-day eval copy supplied as
part of a TechNet subscription


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[Dwayne]

Thanks, that is what I figured. My boss has an MSDN subscription so he may
have an eval copy.