Windows XP License

[Tom nolan]

I understand that one license for Windows XP Professional
allows the licensee to install it on one laptop & one
desktop computer with the same license. Is this true, & if
so, how does Microsoft handle it?

 

[Bastet]

I understand that one license for Windows XP Professional
allows the licensee to install it on one laptop & one
desktop computer with the same license. Is this true, & if
so, how does Microsoft handle it?

Well you understand wrong - that's OFFICE, not Windows. Windows is one
licence per system (be it laptop or desktop) - just as it always has been
and (almost certainly) will be.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can easily answer your own question by reading the
End User License Agreement (EULA).

Go to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.
Then click on End-User License Agreement.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I understand that one license for Windows XP Professional
| allows the licensee to install it on one laptop & one
| desktop computer with the same license. Is this true, & if
| so, how does Microsoft handle it?

 

[CS]

I understand that one license for Windows XP Professional
allows the licensee to install it on one laptop & one
desktop computer with the same license. Is this true, & if
so, how does Microsoft handle it?

That's not true for the OS. One license per copy per machine. MS
Office (retail copy) is licensed so that it can be installed on a
desktop and laptop or a home machine and work machine.

However, I suggest you go to the following URL and read. Then you can
decide for yourself what to do. Click on the link for
"multiple activations".

http://microscum.com/

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The website you suggested is 100% bogus and is fraudulent.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Does your local department of motor vehicles allow you to drive
two cars on a single set of license plates? So why would you get the
idea that software manufacturers would sell their product licenses any
differently? In real life, it doesn't matter whether the product
being purchased is a physical item, a service, or a software license -
if all you buy is one, one is all you get.

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 --

Check that web site again. It's clearly labeled as a "parody,"
meaning that even its creator admits that the site is nothing but a
joke. Of course, even without the label, that fictional, humorous
status would quickly become apparent, after only a few minutes of
reading.

Bruce Chambers

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[Ian Merrithew]

The website you suggested is 100% bogus and is fraudulent.

In what way? It quotes/derives from the following sources:

* The EULA
* Court decisions
* Copyright law
* Microsoft's stated product activation policies

Which part is fraudulent? If you're so certain you should be able to
rattle the answer right off the top of your head.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If one violates the provisions of the EULA as stated,
and lies in an attempt to secure another license without
paying for it, that is a "fraudulent act". This has absolutely
nothing to do with any other extraneous thoughts you
may have.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| In what way? It quotes/derives from the following sources:
|
| * The EULA
| * Court decisions
| * Copyright law
| * Microsoft's stated product activation policies
|
| Which part is fraudulent? If you're so certain you should be able to
| rattle the answer right off the top of your head.
|
| --
| Ian Merrithew - ADM Systems Engineering
| ian.merrithew "at" ieee.org
| Dartmouth High Gym Ball Hockey League page at http://24.138.1.228:2655/

 

[Alex Nichol]

I understand that one license for Windows XP Professional
allows the licensee to install it on one laptop & one
desktop computer with the same license. Is this true,

No. That is a concession that applies to retail copies of MS Office,
but has never applied to Windows - one copy - one machine