Laurel wrote:
What are the rules for installing XP Pro on multiple PCs?

MS's "rules," or those of reality?

1 - If you get a new PC, obviously you have to re-install. Do you
get into difficulties by "activating your system" more than once?

Not really. If it has been over 120 days since you last activated that
copy, then activation should go smoothly over the internet just like the
first time you activated XP, and if it has been less than 120 days, then
you'll have to phone MS to get activated. If asked why you are
activating, just tell the phone rep that you've upgrade YOUR computer.

2 - I've been told that it's perfectly OK to install Windows on your
home PC and your laptop. Actually, I've been told that 3
installations is the legal limit. Is this true?

There is no "legal limit." There is just the limits MS tries to impose
in the privacy of your home, and the limit of reality. MS's legally
unsubstantiated EULA claim is that they only allow installation of XP on
one computer. The limit of reality is that you can get away with
installing it on ALL of YOUR PCs. Through activation, MS cannot
determine what specific computer or computer components XP is installed
on, so unless you actually tell MS that XP is installed on more than one
computer, they have no way of knowing.

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