2nd install of XP Professional Upgrade

[Dale]

Each time I call Microsoft Support/Activation/Customer
Service I get a different answer to the following
question: Can I install Windows XP Prof Upgrade on a
second computer? I've already installed it on my laptop
under the registered name "abc" as an upgrade of Windows
2000 Professional. I want to install it on my destop,
which has my copy (under my name) of Windows XP Home
Edition Upgrade (of Windows ME). What will happen if I try
to upgrade the Home version on my destop with a 2nd
install of XP Professional Upgrade?

[Will Denny]

Hi

If you have already installed the XP CD upgrade onto one PC/Laptop - and =
activated it - you can't use the same upgrade CD to install onto another =
PC/Laptop.

Will

"Dale" > wrote in message =
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> Each time I call Microsoft Support/Activation/Customer=20
> Service I get a different answer to the following=20
> question: Can I install Windows XP Prof Upgrade on a=20
> second computer? I've already installed it on my laptop=20
> under the registered name "abc" as an upgrade of Windows=20
> 2000 Professional. I want to install it on my destop,=20
> which has my copy (under my name) of Windows XP Home=20
> Edition Upgrade (of Windows ME). What will happen if I try=20
> to upgrade the Home version on my destop with a 2nd=20
> install of XP Professional Upgrade?


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[Mike Brearley]

You'll be in violation of Microsoft's EULA (End User License Agreement).
One license, one computer.

Now some will tell you to shove the EULA you know where and just go ahead
and do it. That's a personal decision you'd have to make. I personally
wouldn't do it. If I want to run XP pro on 2 computers, I buy 2 licenses.

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"Dale" > wrote in message
...
> Each time I call Microsoft Support/Activation/Customer
> Service I get a different answer to the following
> question: Can I install Windows XP Prof Upgrade on a
> second computer? I've already installed it on my laptop
> under the registered name "abc" as an upgrade of Windows
> 2000 Professional. I want to install it on my destop,
> which has my copy (under my name) of Windows XP Home
> Edition Upgrade (of Windows ME). What will happen if I try
> to upgrade the Home version on my destop with a 2nd
> install of XP Professional Upgrade?

[Ken Blake]

In , Dale wrote:

> Each time I call Microsoft Support/Activation/Customer
> Service I get a different answer to the following
> question: Can I install Windows XP Prof Upgrade on a
> second computer? I've already installed it on my laptop
> under the registered name "abc" as an upgrade of Windows
> 2000 Professional. I want to install it on my destop,
> which has my copy (under my name) of Windows XP Home
> Edition Upgrade (of Windows ME). What will happen if I try
> to upgrade the Home version on my destop with a 2nd
> install of XP Professional Upgrade?


No, you can't do this. The rule is quite clear. It's one copy for
each computer.

There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's
been in effect on *every* version of Windows. The only thing new
is that there's now an enforcement mechanism.

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Ken Blake
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Of course not. 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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"Dale" > wrote in message
...
> Each time I call Microsoft Support/Activation/Customer
> Service I get a different answer to the following
> question: Can I install Windows XP Prof Upgrade on a
> second computer? I've already installed it on my laptop
> under the registered name "abc" as an upgrade of Windows
> 2000 Professional. I want to install it on my destop,
> which has my copy (under my name) of Windows XP Home
> Edition Upgrade (of Windows ME). What will happen if I try
> to upgrade the Home version on my destop with a 2nd
> install of XP Professional Upgrade?