Win XP Academic

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I'd like to know if Win XP Academic is a Retail or an OEM type. IOW could
it eventually be removed from one PC and installed on a second one, like a
retail?

TIA
 
Kernel said:
I'd like to know if Win XP Academic is a Retail or an OEM type. IOW
could it eventually be removed from one PC and installed on a second one,
like a retail?

TIA
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What does the EULA on the package or CD say? I suspect it is a perpetual
retail type of license, as much of Microsoft Academic licensed software is,
but without reading the actual license information I can only guess.
 
It's a large tri-fold package, lots of words about how good WinXP is, but no
EULA (that comes up of course before the F8 key).

I believe that it can be removed from one PC to move to another, should the
occasion ever come up.
 
Kernel said:
It's a large tri-fold package, lots of words about how good WinXP is, but no
EULA (that comes up of course before the F8 key).
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All Microsoft packages comes with a EULA as it is a requirement by law.
You can launch your Eula text file in many ways. I suggest copy this
command and then paste it in run box to launch it directly:

%windir%\system32\eula.txt

To get to the run box, do this:

Start >> Run

The alternative way is to browse your c:\windows\system32 folder for
eula.txt.

hth
 
Kernel said:
I'd like to know if Win XP Academic is a Retail or an OEM type. IOW could
it eventually be removed from one PC and installed on a second one, like a
retail?
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There is no "academic" *edition* of Windows XP. There is, however, an
academic scheme for pricing and a restricted audience. Academic means
you must be either a teacher or student using the product. It is likely
to be a retail copy but marked down in price since it is a promotion
that is available only for academia. Academic refers to the license and
the restrictions to who can use it and under what conditions. Are you a
teacher? Are you [still] a student? Do you have a *full* license of a
prior version of Windows against which you can apply the *upgrade*
academic license?

http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-9E64-847767409161/G02941_IS_Acad_TearPad.pdf
http://www.usitek.com/throughSBfinal.pdf
https://partner.microsoft.com/40011622

Since you never identified HOW you acquired the product, no one here
knows what were the conditions between the reseller (school) and you, or
the terms between the school and Microsoft for what type of license they
acquired. Go back to whomever sold you the academic *license* to find
out what are its conditions.
 
Not that it matters much to me what anyone thinks, but it says WINDOWS XP
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EDITION right on the fancy CD.

I'd say that makes it an 'academic edition of Windows XP'... Can yo
provide some proof that there is no academic version?

Regardless, you can think or call it whatever you wish, I'll continue to
call it an academic version until such time as the inscription in the
hologram changes to something else.

As for the inference that this CD is owned illegitimately, suffice it to say
that Microsoft is well aware of my purchase.

You all carry on this thread without me now, I've more important things to
do than conduct a class in this newsgroup.

Bye now.
 
Kernel said:
VanguardLH" said:
There is no "academic" *edition* of Windows XP. There is, however, an
academic scheme for pricing and a restricted audience. Academic means
you must be either a teacher or student using the product. It is likely
to be a retail copy but marked down in price since it is a promotion
that is available only for academia. Academic refers to the license and
the restrictions to who can use it and under what conditions. Are you a
teacher? Are you [still] a student? Do you have a *full* license of a
prior version of Windows against which you can apply the *upgrade*
academic license?

http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-9E64-847767409161/G02941_IS_Acad_TearPad.pdf
http://www.usitek.com/throughSBfinal.pdf
https://partner.microsoft.com/40011622

Since you never identified HOW you acquired the product, no one here
knows what were the conditions between the reseller (school) and you, or
the terms between the school and Microsoft for what type of license they
acquired. Go back to whomever sold you the academic *license* to find
out what are its conditions.
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Not that it matters much to me what anyone thinks, but it says WINDOWS XP
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EDITION right on the fancy CD.

I'd say that makes it an 'academic edition of Windows XP'... Can yo
provide some proof that there is no academic version?

Regardless, you can think or call it whatever you wish, I'll continue to
call it an academic version until such time as the inscription in the
hologram changes to something else.

As for the inference that this CD is owned illegitimately, suffice it to say
that Microsoft is well aware of my purchase.

You all carry on this thread without me now, I've more important things to
do than conduct a class in this newsgroup.
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And just where did I say that it was an illegitimate version? Because
you inferred that meaning indicates that it really is illegitimately
*used* (you don't qualify to use it). You wouldn't defend yourself
against an accusation that hasn't been made.

The academic license requires that you be a teacher or student. You
never bothered to stipulate which. Evading an answer indicates you are
neither and have no right to use or continue using the academic version.
You might have had permission (and I only say "might" because many
retailers sold academic licenses without requiring proof of you being a
teacher or student and aren't legally required to do so) at the time you
acquired the product but do you still qualify? Oh silly me, you evade
the answers so you won't answer this question, either.

You've been given links to the articles that describe the conditions of
use for an academic license. I need to provide no further proof. You
didn't bother to visit the links to read the terms for the academic
*licensing*. You may get only a holographic CD in a sleeve with the COA
sticker and the product key on a sticker on the sleeve. You may not
even get installation media and just more licenses (and product keys) to
permit another "seat".
 
You need to be the student in a class conducted by people in this newsgroup.
If you were already so smart, you would have known how to find out about the
EULA.
 
Kernel said:
It's a large tri-fold package, lots of words about how good WinXP is, but
no EULA (that comes up of course before the F8 key).

I believe that it can be removed from one PC to move to another, should
the occasion ever come up.
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Use Tester's methods to attempt to find the EULA for XP. If you still can't
find it let us know. The EULA IS the only place to have your question
answered and all other answers are, as I originally stated in different
words, entirely speculation. Most of us do not have access to the product
you have obtained so we can't read the text of the EULA for your specific
edition.

The EULA can be accessed, if you can't get there using Tester's method, by
pressing F1 when at the desktop, typing in EULA in the search box and then
selecting "Questions and Answers about..." under "Pick a Task" and then
click on "What does the EULA say?" Mine is a retail version of XP Pro and
only mentions the Academic license in section 8. It briefly just states
that you need to be qualified to use it and if other questions gives an
address to write to. Granted not a lot of help but that is the best I can
do under the circumstances.
 
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