XP Activation??

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If you purchase Windows XP Pro and install and activate it
on one computer, Can you install and activate on a second
computer? Have two computers that I use on for all my
work and the second for playing. New work computer came
with XP. Would like to install it on play computer, but
don't think I should have to purchase another XP disc.
 
As with all previous versions of Windows,the license is for 1 computer
only--if you wish to install on a second computer,you will need to purchase
another license.

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Don't think of the Windows opertaing system as something you just put in a
PC and use then put in any other (like a DVD movie of music CD).
Think of it more like a part of your PC (like your CPU or memory).
Yes you can take it out and put it in another PC but if you want 2 working
machines you buy 2 CPUs and 2 sets of memory.

So in answer to your question, No. It is 1 license = 1PC

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Bruce Chambers said:
Greetings --

Does your local grocer let you walk out of the market with three
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? Why would you ever imagine that
software manufacturers would sell their product licenses any
differently?
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But RedHat does, and they are a software manufacturer. You can buy
Linux once, and install it as many times as you like. Too bad the
Microsoft monopoly makes it impractical.

I realize we are in the Dark Ages of computing right now. But you can
help by not expounding the "flat earth" theory as if it were natural
law.

Software is almost entirely unlike bread.

- Pat
 
Greetings --

Aw, shucks, I guess I'll need to rephrase that to "Why would you
ever imagine that any SUCCESSFUL software manufacturers would sell
their product licenses any
differently?" Raise the issue again when all the different varieties
of Linux together have more than a 2% share of the desktop market.

And _what monopoly_? If Microsoft were a true monopoly, by
definition, there'd be no other choices. You, yourself, have offered
one alternative. Don't you even read what you post? And then there's
Apple, OS/2, FreeBSD, Unix, and countless other varieties of Linux.
Microsoft has no monopoly; it's just that the computing public has
"voted with their wallets."


Bruce Chambers

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Bruce Chambers said:
Aw, shucks, I guess I'll need to rephrase that to "Why would you
ever imagine that any SUCCESSFUL software manufacturers would sell
their product licenses any differently?" Raise the issue again when
all the different varieties of Linux together have more than a 2%
share of the desktop market.
Click to expand...

Phrase it however you like. The fact remains that the
bread/cars/clothes analogy is garbage.
And _what monopoly_? If Microsoft were a true monopoly, by
definition, there'd be no other choices.
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I guess you and I have different definitions. Mine is the one used by
the U.S. District Court in its findings of fact. Search for
"monopoly" in <http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm>.

But hey, what do they know?
You, yourself, have offered one alternative. Don't you even read
what you post?
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Nope. I always keep my eyes closed when I type and I always cover my
ears when I speak.
And then there's Apple, OS/2, FreeBSD, Unix, and countless other
varieties of Linux. Microsoft has no monopoly; it's just that the
computing public has "voted with their wallets."
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Hilarious.

- Pat
 
But RedHat does, and they are a software manufacturer. You can buy
Linux once, and install it as many times as you like. Too bad the
Microsoft monopoly makes it impractical.

I realize we are in the Dark Ages of computing right now. But you can
help by not expounding the "flat earth" theory as if it were natural
law.

Software is almost entirely unlike bread.

- Pat
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Technically, RedHat does not sell the Linux OS. Just documentation and
extra programs. Linux is licensed under GNU and is free. You can download
it from many sites, including RedHat.

What RedHat does s3ell, you can't get many for one.

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Graphic violence is advised"
 
Technically, it has not "*always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems." Only since the release of 3.1
 
lol, I guess I technically blundered.
You are correct, only NT, 2k, XP, and Server 2003 are true operating
systems.
While 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 95, 98, and ME are just GUIs.
 
Hmm... you make an excellent point. I guess it's just a matter of
definition. At school, they taught us that "a true operating system must
have complete control over the hardware." If this were true, wouldn't 9x be
just a GUI, (but I guess hybrid, as you said, is the best definition.)

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Bruce Chambers said:
Greetings --

Actually, I've somewhat ambivalent feelings about Win95/98. These
included and could be booted to a truncated version of MS-DOS, but
didn't require any earlier OS to be present as a prerequisite to
installation. While they're evidently some sort of hybrid, I'm
inclined to give them the tentative credit of being operating systems.
Perhaps I'll categorize them as the evolutionary "missing links"
between Microsoft's text/command-line based operating systems and
their graphical operating systems. ;-}

I can form no opinion of WinMe, as I've never even seen a PC with
it installed, much less used or had to support one.


Bruce Chambers

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