Windows XP Activation

[Colin Hall]

Why can't i install my recently purchased (with a new
computer) OEM version of Windows XP Home Edition onto
multiple computers in my house, i think thats wrong that
i paid out AUD$170 for my copy of XP and now i can only
use it on one computer!!! c'mon Microsoft lets come back
to reality here, im not buying a copy of XP for every
computer i own!!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Colin;
The EULA you agreed to states only one computer.
This is the way it has always been with all consumer Microsoft OSs.

You don't have to buy it at all.
Simply stay with what you have.

Also, since you bought OEM, it will normally be bound to the first
computer activated and can not be transferred to another computer
regardless the condition of the first computer.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What planet are you from? Does your local grocer let you walk out
of the market with two loaves of bread when you've paid for only one?
Can you drive two cars home if you've paid for only one? Does your
local clothier allow you to leave the shop with two shirts if you've
purchased only one? Have you noticed a trend, yet? Where in the
world did you ever get the absurd idea that software manufacturers
would sell their products any differently?

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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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

What planet are you from? Does your local grocer let you walk out
of the market with two loaves of bread when you've paid for only one?
Can you drive two cars home if you've paid for only one? Does your
local clothier allow you to leave the shop with two shirts if you've
purchased only one? Have you noticed a trend, yet? Where in the
world did you ever get the absurd idea that software manufacturers
would sell their products any differently?

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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