Re: XP on 2 PC's

Posted: 07-10-2003, 09:46 PM

Nicholas

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Windows XP requires a separate license (Product Key) for each
installation on a different computer. Otherwise, Product Activation
will fail on the second computer installation. So, you need to purchase
a new license (Product Key) for another installation.

Read your Windows XP End-User License Agreement:

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

It clearly states that you may only install one (1) copy
of Windows XP on just one (1) computer. You will
need a new license (Product Key) for each new
installation on a different computer.

Also, open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and click on "Questions and Answers about the
End User License Agreement".

To purchase an additional Windows XP license, visit:

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

Additional licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...buy/addlic.asp

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"dan" <dano@danovision.com> wrote in message:
news:026b01c3472b$da8b1660$a601280a@phx.gbl...

| after purchasing Windows XP PRO can I install it on my
| workstation and my laptop. They both have Windows2000
| installed now but I don not want to purcahse 2 copies.
| Thanks

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purplehaz

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Re: XP on 2 PC's

Posted: 07-10-2003, 09:47 PM

If you want to follow the ms eula it's one copy/license per computer. You'd
have to buy another license. If you don't want to follow the eula, then do
what you want. Activation will stop you from doing so for 120 days after the
first install...... after that..... you decide.

"dan" <dano@danovision.com> wrote in message
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> after purchasing Windows XP PRO can I install it on my
> workstation and my laptop. They both have Windows2000
> installed now but I don not want to purcahse 2 copies.
> Thanks

kurttrail

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Re: XP on 2 PC's

Posted: 07-10-2003, 10:06 PM

dan wrote:

> after purchasing Windows XP PRO can I install it on my
> workstation and my laptop. They both have Windows2000
> installed now but I don not want to purcahse 2 copies.
> Thanks

Only if you know how to protect your rights in your own home.

http://microscum.kurttrail.com/mmpafaq/mmpafaq.htm

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Re: XP on 2 PC's

Posted: 07-10-2003, 10:37 PM

In 026b01c3472b$da8b1660$a601280a@phx.gbl, dan wrote:

> after purchasing Windows XP PRO can I install it on my
> workstation and my laptop. They both have Windows2000
> installed now but I don not want to purcahse 2 copies.

No. The rule is one copy (or one license) per computer, just as
it's been on *every* version of Windows. If you have a single
copy of Windows 2000 installed on both your computers, you're in
violation of the license agreement.

The only thing new in XP is that there's now an enforcement
mechanism.

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XP on 2 PC's

Posted: 07-10-2003, 10:56 PM

JUST DO IT, no one will be the wiser

>-----Original Message-----
>after purchasing Windows XP PRO can I install it on my
>workstation and my laptop. They both have Windows2000
>installed now but I don not want to purcahse 2 copies.
>Thanks
>.
>

John B

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Re: XP on 2 PC's

Posted: 07-11-2003, 06:11 AM

dan, after spending 3 minutes figuring out which end of the pen to use, wrote:

> after purchasing Windows XP PRO can I install it on my
> workstation and my laptop. They both have Windows2000
> installed now but I don not want to purcahse 2 copies.
> Thanks

Second link in my sig will give you the info you want.

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