Windows XP Key

[Wolfsbane]

Greets,

Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
£85, so can I install XP on both machines?

Thanks!

 

[Nicholas]

Quick and easy: NO!

Did you read the writing on the side of your Windows XP
package? Did you read the End-User License Agreement?

The Windows XP End-User License Agreement (EULA) states you
can install one copy of XP on one computer. So you'll need
to purchase a second copy (Product Key - license) for a second
installation.

Read your Windows XP End-User License Agreement:

Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.

Also, open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and click on "Questions and Answers about the
End-User License Agreement".

To purchase an additional Windows XP license, visit:

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Additional licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp

How to Change the Product ID in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321636


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Nicholas

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Greets,

Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
£85, so can I install XP on both machines?

Thanks!

 

[purplehaz]

If you want to stay in compliance with the MS EULA, then no you cannot
install XP using the same product key on more than one computer at a time.
You have to buy another copy/license. If you don't wish to follow the eula,
then go ahead and install on both, at activation time you will have to call
MS and lie to them about the second install or wait over 120 days for the
activation info from the first computer to be purged from ms servers, then
install the second copy.

Greets,

Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
£85, so can I install XP on both machines?

Thanks!

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
£85, so can I install XP on both machines?

Quick and easy. No.

This is exactly the same as it's been on all previous versions of
Windows--no. The rule is one copy (or one license) for each
computer.



The only thing new with Windows XP is that there's now an
enforcement mechanism.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

I don't fancy having to shell out to register my three automobiles either,
but if I want to drive them I do it. You are allowed 1 computer per copy.
You will have to buy another copy to use it on the second machine. You can
look into getting an OEM version with a piece of hardware for your other
machine, that will save you some money, but with and OEM version it will be
tied to that machine and that machine only, and it can't be transferred. It
has been true since the days of Windows 3.1. Now Microsoft has a way to
track and enforce it.

Bobby

Greets,

Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
£85, so can I install XP on both machines?

Thanks!

 

[NobodyMan]

Greets,

Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
£85, so can I install XP on both machines?

Thanks!

You sure can - of course you'll need to shell out some more cash for a
second license or full copy of XP. According to your EULA, one copy,
one computer, same as MS has always had

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:21:32 -0700, "Wolfsbane"

|Greets,
|
|Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
|copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
|£85, so can I install XP on both machines?
|
|Thanks!
Yes u 'can' but u shouldn't.
U also shouldnt, in USA, remove that tag at the bottom
of ur mattress! No lie.
Nobody cheats on their income tax in USA either

I shudder at the moral quagmire u r facing

GL- Larry

Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded to. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Can I get 2 BMW's if I pay for 1?
Can I get 2 beach house if I pay for 1?
Can I get 2 ... if I pay for 1?

See a pattern developing?

Greets,

Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
£85, so can I install XP on both machines?

Thanks!

 

[David]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:21:32 -0700, "Wolfsbane"

|Greets,
|
|Quick and easy, I have two PC's in my home, and one £85
|copy of Windows XP. I don't fancy shelling out another
|£85, so can I install XP on both machines?
|
|Thanks!
Yes u 'can' but u shouldn't.
U also shouldnt, in USA, remove that tag at the bottom
of ur mattress! No lie.
Nobody cheats on their income tax in USA either

I shudder at the moral quagmire u r facing

GL- Larry

Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded to. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm

The owner of the mattress can remove the tag. It's just resellers that
can't

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David

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:05:24 -0700, David

|The owner of the mattress can remove the tag. It's just resellers that
|can't


HA HA Got a kick outta that. Very good David.

Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded to. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm

 

[RM]

I am so sick of dumbasses that cant read and think that removing a tag is
illegal. It clearly says "except by the consumer".