upgrade xp home to xp pro

[peter oconnor]

I purchased a copy of xp pro for a pc I built recently.
The store I bought it at said Microsoft allows me to use
the same copy for a standalone installation and a laptop
installation. Is this correct?

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

I purchased a copy of xp pro for a pc I built recently.
The store I bought it at said Microsoft allows me to use
the same copy for a standalone installation and a laptop
installation. Is this correct?

No. The store is WRONG. That only applies to some versions of Office.

 

[Edward]

You can buy extra licenses at http://shop.microsoft.com/view/SHP0872.htm

Not cheap!!

Ed

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No. The store misinformed you.

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.


Bruce Chambers

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[Ken Blake]

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I purchased a copy of xp pro for a pc I built recently.
The store I bought it at said Microsoft allows me to use
the same copy for a standalone installation and a laptop
installation. Is this correct?

The store is wrong (it's true of Office, but not Windows). The
rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license) for each
computer.

There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's
been in effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows
3.1. The only thing new with XP is that there's now an
enforcement mechanism.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I purchased a copy of xp pro for a pc I built recently.
The store I bought it at said Microsoft allows me to use
the same copy for a standalone installation and a laptop
installation.

The store is wrong - complain to the manager. The licensing is quite
clear (And has been for ten years) that that dual install concession
applies to Microsoft Office, but *not* to any Windows, which needs a
separate license for each machine