windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu?

[Guest]

hello!

i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
says 1-2 cpu?

tnx

 

[Juan Perez]

Hi:

Maybe someone could post here a better explanation of the EULA of MS.
Basically when it says 1-2 cpu means that you are licensed to use the
software, in a computer with 1 or 2 CPU in the same box. Also if it is a OEM
version, basically means that you can use this license, just in same box it
comes.

 

[Bob I]

hello!

i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
says 1-2 cpu?

tnx

NO, the CPU is the little square chip inside the case. You may have 2
CPUs on the same motherboard. What you are calling a CPU is correctly
refereed to as a computer, and ONE license per computer is what is required.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

No, the license limits the number of CPUs (which number varies for various
versions of Windows.) You can easily exceed the number of CPUs covered by
your license on a single computer. Note that these are physical CPUs. A dual
or quad core CPU counts as one CPU.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

hello!

i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
says 1-2 cpu?

No, you can not do this.

You are misusing the word "CPU" to mean "computer." A "CPU" is a chip
on the motherboard, *within* the computer. Windows XP Professional
(but not XP Home) can run on a computer that has two CPUs on the
motherboard.

In no case can a single XP license be used on more than one *computer*
(except for a volume license).

 

[Guest]

ok. thank you for all your replies this greatly help me

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

ok. thank you for all your replies this greatly help me

You're welcome. Glad to help.