XP Pro on Multiple Computers

[daveholly]

Can anyone help me with this?

I plan to purchase a new laptop with XP Home. I would
prefer not to pay the price for an upgrade to XP Pro.

I currently have XP Pro (I bought the CD) on a personal
laptop. Can I install XP Pro from that same CD on my NEW
laptop? Is there something special I need to do if I do so?

Or am I forced to purchase an upgrade for my new laptop?

Thanx very much!

Dave

 

[John Barnett MVP]

You can install your copy of XP pro on to your new laptop but you must erase
the copy of xp pro on your old laptop. You can't install it on your new pc
and also keep the copy you have on your old laptop. This is what your end
user license agreement says " 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")."
A point worth asking the salesman when you buy your new laptop is whether
installing 'your' copy of xp pro will invalidate your laptops guarantee.
Remember your new laptop will be supplied with an OEM (original equipment
manufacturer) copy of XP. The manufacturer also add their own bits and
pieces to the machine. By installing your copy of xp pro you will be
removing 'the manufacturer's' utilities from the machine and this may
invalidate the warranty.

 

[joust in jest]

Read the EULA: one license, one computer.

If the XP Pro you have is retail, you can transfer the license by
1. Uninstall XP Pro from your old laptop
2. Install XP Pro on you new laptop.
*Note: You may have to activate by phone

steve

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Q. "Can I install XP Pro from that same CD on my NEW
laptop? Is there something special I need to do if I do so?"

A. You can use the same CD, but you'll have to purchase
a second license for the second installation. Otherwise,
you'll violate the EULA and not be able to activate.

Please take a moment to read your Windows XP EULA.

Go to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.
Click on "End-User License Agreement".

Please open XP's "Help and Support Center" and type: EULA
in the Search box, then click on "Questions and answers about
the End User License Agreement".

How to Order Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Can anyone help me with this?
|
| I plan to purchase a new laptop with XP Home. I would
| prefer not to pay the price for an upgrade to XP Pro.
|
| I currently have XP Pro (I bought the CD) on a personal
| laptop. Can I install XP Pro from that same CD on my NEW
| laptop? Is there something special I need to do if I do so?
|
| Or am I forced to purchase an upgrade for my new laptop?
|
| Thanx very much!
|
| Dave

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Answers INLINE:

Can anyone help me with this?

Don't know yet - ask this AFTER you ask the question. *grin*

I plan to purchase a new laptop with XP Home. I would
prefer not to pay the price for an upgrade to XP Pro.

Okay - so you are hoping for a handout/gift from a friend/family member/rich
stranger. Gotcha.

I currently have XP Pro (I bought the CD) on a personal
laptop. Can I install XP Pro from that same CD on my NEW
laptop? Is there something special I need to do if I do so?

In general - No. Sure - you bough the XP Pro CD and that came with one
license - allowing you to install on one computer. You have not given
enough information for me to tell if that is an OEM or RETAIL license for
Windows XP Pro, but going strictly from your earlier statement of, "prefer
not to pay the price for an upgrade to XP Pro", I am betting it is a
$90-$110 version of XP Pro - meaning "upgrade or OEM." If it is an OEM,
it's now stuck according to the EULA you agreed to while installing/using XP
daily. It's "assigned" to the first machine it is installed upon.

If it is retail, you do have the option of UNINSTALLING it from the older
laptop and installing it on the new laptop. How do you uninstall XP? Well,
in 90% of the cases, you format - erase everything on the system - nothing
is left.. *poof*, gone.

Or am I forced to purchase an upgrade for my new laptop?

Your safest and wisest bet - buy Windows XP Professional Retail full
edition, then it can follow you around where ever you go on any single
computer you like.

 

[Ron Martell]

Can anyone help me with this?

I plan to purchase a new laptop with XP Home. I would
prefer not to pay the price for an upgrade to XP Pro.

I currently have XP Pro (I bought the CD) on a personal
laptop. Can I install XP Pro from that same CD on my NEW
laptop? Is there something special I need to do if I do so?

Or am I forced to purchase an upgrade for my new laptop?

Thanx very much!

Dave

Others have explained the licensing issues involved.

If you have a genuine need for XP Pro on the new laptop then your best
bet is to purchase one that comes with XP Pro already installed. Most
notebook manufacturers do offer this, although the store may have to
order in the Pro model for you. I just checked the Dell web site.
They charge an additional $US67 for XP Pro instead of XP Home on a new
notebook. Other manufacturers should be comparable.

Are you aware of the relatively few differences between XP Home and XP
Pro? The two versions are compiled from the same source code, and are
updated by the same service packs. There is zero difference in
performance or stability between the two versions. Most of the
differences are in the area of sophisticated networking (e.g. logging
into a Server Domain) or security and data encryption. The following
web sites list the specific differences between the two versions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp
One additional difference that is not mentioned on these web sites is
that in a peer-to-peer networking configuration XP Home allows only 5
concurrent logins to a shared resource whereas XP Pro allows 10.

Good luck



Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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