A Windows XP license can only be used once on one
(1) computer. A second installation requires a second
license, even if its installed on the same computer.
From the Windows XP EULA:
1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.
Please read your End-User License Agreement by going
to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then
click on "End-User License Agreement".
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx
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"Crhoff" wrote:
|I have one computer with no internal HD, but with one HD bay. I have 2 HD's
| and can only use one at a time. If I put the same copy of XP on each HD
| will Microsoft say one is not genuine when I go to update, since their
| program looks at HD serial numbers?
|
| Thanks