XP pro License/Installation question

[Guest]

Hi,

I have licensed copy of XP Pro.

1. Is it possible to dual boot with 2 OS - both xp pro?
I basically want to do this so I can securely segregate my home and work
environments.

2. If the first question was technically possible, Is it license compliant
with a single license?

 

[thecreator]

Hi srav,

Yes you can do it very easily, provided it is installed on the same
computer. And you haven't exhausted the free activations that came with XP
Professional Edition. But one operating system, does need to control the
Boot process.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

I have licensed copy of XP Pro.

1. Is it possible to dual boot with 2 OS - both xp pro?
I basically want to do this so I can securely segregate my home and work
environments.

Yes, it's easily doable.

2. If the first question was technically possible, Is it license compliant
with a single license?

According to the EULA, you should be OK:

"Installation and Use. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
EULA, you may install, use, access, display and run only one (1) copy of
the SOFTWARE on the COMPUTER."

In the scenario you describe, you'd have only one copy installed
*and* running at any given time.


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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"And you haven't exhausted the free activations"
All activations are free.
You can reinstall Windows XP an unlimited number of times on the same
computer without cost.

 

[thecreator]

Hi Jupiter,

I was referring to exhausting the Free Activations thru the Internet.
After that, you need to call an 800 number in order to activated Windows,
every time. I know because I had to do it.


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thecreator

"And you haven't exhausted the free activations"
All activations are free.
You can reinstall Windows XP an unlimited number of times on the same
computer without cost.

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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

As long as you purchase a second license for the second installation,
you can dual-boot. If you don't have a second license, the answer is no.

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| Hi,
|
| I have licensed copy of XP Pro.
|
| 1. Is it possible to dual boot with 2 OS - both xp pro?
| I basically want to do this so I can securely segregate my home and work
| environments.
|
| 2. If the first question was technically possible, Is it license compliant
| with a single license?

 

[Guest]

wait a sec, this is contradictory to the other replies...

so which is it: "yes, you can install unlimited instances of XP on the same
computer," or "no, you have to purchase a 2nd license?"

I want to do the exact same thing but needed to come here to look and see
whether or not I could set up a 2nd boot without having to purchase a 2nd
license...

 

[Bruce Chambers]

wait a sec, this is contradictory to the other replies...

so which is it: "yes, you can install unlimited instances of XP on the same
computer," or "no, you have to purchase a 2nd license?"

I want to do the exact same thing but needed to come here to look and see
whether or not I could set up a 2nd boot without having to purchase a 2nd
license...

Not everyone "reads" the EULA the same way, so you'll almost always
find disagreement on such questions. Here's my take on the subject:

Actually, if one takes the EULA at face value, dual-booting is
allowed. Specifically, the EULA says "... Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this EULA, you may install, use, access, display
*and* run only one (1) copy of the SOFTWARE on the COMPUTER." The
operative word in the above is "and," and the emphasis is mine.
Regardless of how many installations of the OS exist on the computer,
only one of them can be running at any given time, so it would be
impossible to violate the EULA in this manner.

By the same token, however, this clause does preclude the license
within a virtual machine (VirtualPC or VMWare, for example), because one
could then have two copies of the same license running simultaneously.


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Bruce Chambers

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