xp home eula restrictions

[Neil Duffy]

hi could someone please help me clarify a legal standpoint.

i've been asked to find out if using xp home in the business environment
breaks the terms of the eula.

i've checked on microsofts website and read the eula and i couldnt see
any info to suggest it might.

Just to clarify, i know xp home has inherent restrictions, i.e. joining
a domain.

This is purely to clarify is having xp home in a commercial environment
breaks the terms of the EULA.

Thanks a lot :O)

Neil

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You may use Windows XP Home Edition in any environment you wish.

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Windows XP - Shell/User
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| hi could someone please help me clarify a legal standpoint.
|
| i've been asked to find out if using xp home in the business environment
| breaks the terms of the eula.
|
| i've checked on microsofts website and read the eula and i couldnt see
| any info to suggest it might.
|
| Just to clarify, i know xp home has inherent restrictions, i.e. joining
| a domain.
|
| This is purely to clarify is having xp home in a commercial environment
| breaks the terms of the EULA.
|
| Thanks a lot :O)
|
| Neil

 

[Alexandru TUDOSE]

This is true but in practice you have some restrictions like coud not join a
XP Home workstation to a domain. Is is techincal ipossibile from my
experience (on Windows 2003 Server domain anyway).

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[Vanguard \(NPI\)]

This is true but in practice you have some restrictions like coud not join
a
XP Home workstation to a domain. Is is techincal ipossibile from my
experience (on Windows 2003 Server domain anyway).

Only if you actually need to connect to a domain and actually have a PDC
running to which you connect. Many business don't use domains. If they
have only 5 to 20 hosts, managing them all isn't any more hassle than the
effort in managing and maintaining a domain configuration.

Lots of small companies use peer networking to use workgroups. However,
considering a small company that is buying a volume license, the price
differential probably isn't worth the loss of other features of the Pro
version, like EFS (encrypting file system) since it is rather easy to
circumvent permissions, not having to reboot to change permissions or logon
under Administrator, the ability to use Remote Desktop to manage the
workgroup rather than having to physically wander over to each host, using
multiple processors, and other handy pro features.

For differences between Home and Pro, go see:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

 

[Ken Blake]

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hi could someone please help me clarify a legal standpoint.

i've been asked to find out if using xp home in the business
environment breaks the terms of the eula.

Yes, certainly. The name "Home" is just a marketing term, and
isn't meant to imply anything about where you may use it. If it's
adequate for your needs, it's fine.

The same is true of XP Professional, which can also be used at
Home.

 

[Ken Blake]

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Yes, certainly.

Oops! I wrote that backwards. What I meant was "No, certainly
*not*"