Windows XP Home Edition

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I bought a computer with Windows XP Home Ed. included. I called and
activated it. Is it only good for that computer now or can I install it on
my pc at home also and activate it?
 
Ranyhim said:
I bought a computer with Windows XP Home Ed. included. I called and
activated it. Is it only good for that computer now or can I install it on
my pc at home also and activate it?
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The XP Home license is per-machine; you can activate a single license on
only one machine (or "seat"). This is detailed in the license agreement.

XP Pro has the same license agreement, though there is also a volume-license
version of Pro that does not require activation (this is availble, IIRC, in
quantities as low as 5 seats).

HTH
-pk
 
Ranyhim said:
I bought a computer with Windows XP Home Ed. included. I called and
activated it. Is it only good for that computer now or can I install
it on my pc at home also and activate it?
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Doesn't anyone read EULAs (or Google) anymore?! You have an OEM licence
which is permanently tied to that PC and my not be removed and installed on
any other. A retail licence is per-system (and is good for one installation
on that system - in other words you may *NOT* dual-boot the same licence
with itself). If you want to install a retail licence on another system, you
*MUST* remove it from the first.

Read the damned EULA!
 
Ranyhim said:
I bought a computer with Windows XP Home Ed. included. I called and
activated it. Is it only good for that computer now or can I install it on
my pc at home also and activate it?
Click to expand...


You need to purchase a separate WinXP Pro license for each computer on
which you install it.

First of all, your new computer has an OEM license for WinXP.
An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a
motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_
bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once
installed, is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_
circumstances.

Secondly, 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.



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