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[dave]

If I got windows xp with my dell computer am I allowed to
install it leagly on my other home computer.

[Jim Macklin]

NO


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| If I got windows xp with my dell computer am I allowed to
| install it leagly on my other home computer.

[Chris Lanier]

No

"dave" > wrote in message
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> If I got windows xp with my dell computer am I allowed to
> install it leagly on my other home computer.

[Robert Tuck]

I'm afraid not. Bill Gates decided he wasn't rich enough, so you have to
buy one copy per computer. Activation will fail if you try to use the same
copy again.

(I have XP at work, but 98 at home because I refuse to pay $100 for an
upgrade I don't (yet) need.)


"dave" > wrote in message
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> If I got windows xp with my dell computer am I allowed to
> install it leagly on my other home computer.

[Chris Lanier]

This is nothing new. The EULA has stated you can install Windows one *ONE*
PC since Windows 3.1!.

"Robert Tuck" > wrote in message
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> I'm afraid not. Bill Gates decided he wasn't rich enough, so you have to
> buy one copy per computer. Activation will fail if you try to use the
same
> copy again.
>
> (I have XP at work, but 98 at home because I refuse to pay $100 for an
> upgrade I don't (yet) need.)
>
>
> "dave" > wrote in message
> ...
> > If I got windows xp with my dell computer am I allowed to
> > install it leagly on my other home computer.
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Of course not. Multiple computers require multiple OS licenses,
one per machine. Unless, of course, you can qualify for one of
Microsoft's Volume Licensing plans. This is nothing new.

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) multiple installations using a single license.

Further, your Dell came with an OEM license. OEM licenses are
_permanently_ bound to the first PC on which they are installed. An
OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another
computer under _any_ circumstances.


Bruce Chambers

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"dave" > wrote in message
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> If I got windows xp with my dell computer am I allowed to
> install it leagly on my other home computer.

[Ken Blake]

In ,
dave > typed:

> If I got windows xp with my dell computer am I allowed to
> install it leagly on my other home computer.


No, of course not. 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.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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