multi installation of xp

[wild bill]

i have two computers..can i install xp home edition on
both???

[Cheryl Fischer]

Nope - WindowsXP is licensed to a single computer only.

--
Cheryl Fischer
Law/Sys Associates
Houston, TX

"wild bill" > wrote in message
...
> i have two computers..can i install xp home edition on
> both???

[Roger Abell]

Sure, using two licenses.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows, Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"wild bill" > wrote in message
...
> i have two computers..can i install xp home edition on
> both???

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating systems,
it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and copyright
laws, 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) the sort of multiple installations you're asking about.


Bruce Chambers

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having both at once. -- RAH


"Cheryl Fischer" > wrote in message
...
> Nope - WindowsXP is licensed to a single computer only.
>
> --
> Cheryl Fischer
> Law/Sys Associates
> Houston, TX
>
> "wild bill" > wrote in message
> ...
> > i have two computers..can i install xp home edition on
> > both???
>
>

[Anonymous]

And then the pirates go and publish lists of the
corporate license keys that don't require the second
stage activation.

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings --
>
> As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft
operating systems,
>it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA
and copyright
>laws, 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) the sort of multiple installations you're
asking about.
>
>
>Bruce Chambers
>
>--
>Help us help you:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
>having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
>"Cheryl Fischer" > wrote in message
...
>> Nope - WindowsXP is licensed to a single computer only.
>>
>> --
>> Cheryl Fischer
>> Law/Sys Associates
>> Houston, TX
>>
>> "wild bill" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > i have two computers..can i install xp home edition
on
>> > both???
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Roger Abell]

And then those corps get a spanking, as they are
responsible for those codes, but need new ones
so that the activation database can mark the leaked
ones as no longer valid.
And then it starts all over again . . .

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows, Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"Anonymous" > wrote in message
...
> And then the pirates go and publish lists of the
> corporate license keys that don't require the second
> stage activation.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings --
> >
> > As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft
> operating systems,
> >it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA
> and copyright
> >laws, 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) the sort of multiple installations you're
> asking about.
> >
> >
> >Bruce Chambers
> >
> >--
> >Help us help you:
> >http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> >You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
> ever count on
> >having both at once. -- RAH
> >
> >
> >"Cheryl Fischer" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Nope - WindowsXP is licensed to a single computer only.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cheryl Fischer
> >> Law/Sys Associates
> >> Houston, TX
> >>
> >> "wild bill" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > i have two computers..can i install xp home edition
> on
> >> > both???
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >