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Kyle
I want to know how many computers can use the same
product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
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Total Exterminator
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product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
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Ken Blake
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The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license) for each
computer.
There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's
been in effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows
3.1. The only thing new with XP is that there's now an
enforcement mechanism.
Kyle said:I want to know how many computers can use the same
product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license) for each
computer.
There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's
been in effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows
3.1. The only thing new with XP is that there's now an
enforcement mechanism.
G
Guest
But my friend has the same key for 2 comps and its not
corprate.
corprate.
B
Bob S
He is in violation of the EULA , He is keeping Bill from
having a big steak tonight........lol shame on him !!!
having a big steak tonight........lol shame on him !!!
J
Jim Macklin
A 25 character product key that uses 15 letters and 10
numbers has billions of permutations, each key is different.
Your friends is a pirate.
message | In | Kyle <[email protected]> typed:
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| > I want to know how many computers can use the same
| > product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
|
|
| The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license)
for each
| computer.
|
| There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule
that's
| been in effect on every version of Windows starting with
Windows
| 3.1. The only thing new with XP is that there's now an
| enforcement mechanism.
|
| --
| Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| Please reply to the newsgroup
|
numbers has billions of permutations, each key is different.
Your friends is a pirate.
message | In | Kyle <[email protected]> typed:
|
| > I want to know how many computers can use the same
| > product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
|
|
| The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license)
for each
| computer.
|
| There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule
that's
| been in effect on every version of Windows starting with
Windows
| 3.1. The only thing new with XP is that there's now an
| enforcement mechanism.
|
| --
| Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| Please reply to the newsgroup
|
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MCR
Kyle said:I want to know how many computers can use the same
product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
Only One.
B
Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
Let's apply a little common sense to the question, shall we? 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? So where in the world did you ever 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, that's 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
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
Let's apply a little common sense to the question, shall we? 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? So where in the world did you ever 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, that's 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
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
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P Diddy
I won't get into the condesending bullshit the previous poster did.
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, designed to prevent the sort of multiple
installations you're asking about.
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, designed to prevent the sort of multiple
installations you're asking about.
K
Ken Blake
In
*My* friend? He's not my friend.
Jim Macklin said:A 25 character product key that uses 15 letters and 10
numbers has billions of permutations, each key is different.
Your friends is a pirate.
*My* friend? He's not my friend.
A
Alex Nichol
Kyle said:I want to know how many computers can use the same
product key, I have windows xp: home editoin.
One. As always with Windows for over ten years. Which is why the
activation system was brought in to stop people installing the same copy
on every machine in the street
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