XP Pro on two machines

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I recently bought XP Pro upgrade and upgraded my O/S. Is it possible to give
the disc to another person (father) and he too use it to upgrade. Will the
CD key work and will it activate?

Ian
 
Once you purchase another license (Product Key), you may install
Windows XP on another computer using the same CD but using the
new Product Key.

On the back of the Windows XP box, please read the statement:

"For installation and use on one computer"
(see License Agreement for license terms).

To access the License Agreement on your XP computer, go to:

Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.

Then click on "End-User License Agreement".

You can also open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and hit enter. Click on "Questions and answers about the EULA".

The End-User License Agreement states quite clearly:

"You may install, use, access, display and run one copy
of the Software on a single computer...."

You can install one (1) copy of Windows XP on one (1) computer.
Additional installations requires additional licenses (Product Keys)
for each installation on a different computer.

Frequently Asked Questions about Microsoft Product Activation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302878&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Change the Product Key at the Time of Activation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810892&Product=winxp

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp

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

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I recently bought XP Pro upgrade and upgraded my O/S. Is it possible to give
| the disc to another person (father) and he too use it to upgrade. Will the
| CD key work and will it activate?
|
| Ian
|
|
 
your just looking for ONE person to say yes so you can justify this piracy
in your own mind....
of course you can't...that's illegal...
 
In
ian said:
I recently bought XP Pro upgrade and upgraded my O/S. Is it possible
to give the disc to another person (father) and he too use it to
upgrade. Will the CD key work and will it activate?
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No. 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.
 
Greetings --

You can use one CD, as long as you've purchased an additional
license for each additional computer.

As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with the EULA, 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) multiple installations
using a single license

You can, however, buy additional licenses, assuming you have a
retail license. Naturally, Microsoft cannot sell additional OEM
licenses. Be aware, however, that you'll probably pay more this way
than you would if you were to buy a second copy of WinXP from a
discount retailer; Microsoft will only offer you a 15% discount off
their MSRP.

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp


Bruce Chambers
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
| your just ...

"your"? English was never your strong point in
education, was it? Amongst other things you missed the
day they covered contractions.
 
PopRivet said:
"your"? English was never your strong point in
education, was it? Amongst other things you missed the
day they covered contractions.
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I thought that was covered in obstetrics.
m.
 
I have the WinXP retail version. Didn't I read that I can install it on my
desktop and on my laptop with docking station attached to said desktop--or was
that a nicety added by my vendor because he knew I'd throw a fit if I couldn't?
Whatever, it worked.
 
Well, I for one have always objected. I (underlined 14 times) not a computer
bought the software. I (underlined 12 times) should be able to use it where ever
I happen to be. Just as long as no one else uses it at the same time I am.
 
In
I have the WinXP retail version. Didn't I read that I can install it
on my desktop and on my laptop with docking station attached to said
desktop--or was that a nicety added by my vendor because he knew I'd
throw a fit if I couldn't? Whatever, it worked.
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Whether or not you read it I don't know, but no, that's not
permitted by the license agreement. I don't know what your vendor
told you, but 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. You may have managed to get around that
enforcement mechanism, but you are then in violation of the EULA.
 
In
Well, I for one have always objected. I (underlined 14 times) not a
computer bought the software. I (underlined 12 times) should be able
to use it where ever I happen to be. Just as long as no one else uses
it at the same time I am.
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You are entitled to object, and you are entitled to have a
different view than Microsoft's. Personally, I too wish the rule
were more like the one you describe.

But neither you nor I get to make the rule. The vendor, in this
case Microsoft, does. What you and I get to do is choose whether
to accept their rule and buy their product, or reject the rule
and not buy it. By buying and using their product, we accept the
rule and subject ourselves to possible legal action if we don't
follow it.
 
Greetings --

If you read that, it was either in a work of fiction, or in a
retail Office EULA. The one-desktop-and-one-portable-computer
allowance has _never_ applied to Microsoft's operating systems.

Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
Greetings --

Ah, but you didn't buy the software. You bought nothing more than
a _license_ to use the software in accordance with the copyright
holder's conditions, as spelled out in the EULA, to which you agreed
when you installed the product.

Bruce Chambers

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Help us help you:




You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
You must be thinking of the Office EULA. You're legally required to have a
separate license for each machine that has Windows installed.

--
J.C. Hornbeck, MCSE
Microsoft Product Support

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J.C. Hornbeck said:
You must be thinking of the Office EULA. You're legally required to have a
separate license for each machine that has Windows installed.
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Funny,

Mike Brannigan once stated that only one instance of Windows OSes can be
installed on one drive/partition on one machine. He stated that having the
same OS disk installed on two different partitions, or a second HDD on the
*same* machine still violated the EULA.
 
Just as a curiosity, how does Microsoft determine the "machine" on which it's
installed? I started out with an old XT and have replaced component after
component, i.e. case, power supply, motherboard, cpu, memory, hard drive, video,
etc, and my computer has gone through about one hundred upgrades to the newer
generation of equipment that comes out. For awhile, when I wanted to do a clean
install, I had to start over with DOS 6.2. I just bought a new Dell running on
XP, because I'm falling behind in the "guru" field, but I still have my old
machine and have upgraded to XP. Has MS kept track of all my hardware changes
and shown it to be the same machne through them all?
 
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