Windows XP License

Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay for additonal
licenses for other personal computers that you own? These are personal PCs
not company owned.

Originally Posted by frauimp

Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay for additonal
licenses for other personal computers that you own? These are personal PCs
not company owned.

There is always Linux!
I find it a bit dumb to ask a question like this on a Windows XP newsgroup.
Take it up with MS.

frauimp wrote:

Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay for additonal
licenses for other personal computers that you own? These are personal PCs
not company owned.


It has always been one licensed Microsoft OS per computer,
regardless of whether it is for use in the home or in a
business. Most businesses opt for "Volume Licensing" but
they are required to prove that every single computer is
properly licensed from the "volume license" set.

A Windows XP license can only be used on one (1)
computer. A second installation requires a second
license.

From the Windows XP EULA:

1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.

Please read your End-User License Agreement by going
to Start Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then
click on "End-User License Agreement".

If you already have a retail copy of Windows XP, you can obtain
additional licenses for another computer or laptop by visiting the
following Microsoft Web site:
http://shop.microsoft.com/special/wal/walinfo.asp


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"frauimp" wrote:

| Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
| Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay for additonal
| licenses for other personal computers that you own? These are personal PCs
| not company owned.

frauimp wrote:
Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy
of Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay
for additonal licenses for other personal computers that you own?
These are personal PCs not company owned.

To answer your question; No!

It's no different than having two or more cars and and you need to purchase
license plates for each of them.

--
Sir_George

frauimp wrote:
Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay for additonal
licenses for other personal computers that you own?


Not really. That's pretty much that it's always been for almost every
commercial software product on the planet. It's called "free
enterprise" and "capitalism." If you want a free ride through life,
move to one of the few remaining communist utopias.


These are personal PCs
not company owned.


Totally irrelevant.

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frauimp wrote:

Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy
of Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay
for additonal licenses for other personal computers that you own?


No, it's not just Widnows XP. That's been the rule for every version of
Windows since 3.1, and is also the rule with almost every other piece of
commercial software.



These are personal PCs not company owned.



Like you, I wish that for home users, they had a license that was good for
an enitire household. But they don't. Like any company selling any product,
they have the right to set the terms for the sale. You have the right to
accept those terms if you like them, or not to buy the product if you don't
like them.


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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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"frauimp" wrote in message
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Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay for
additonal
licenses for other personal computers that you own? These are personal PCs
not company owned.

Nope!

Everyone else reads the EULA, and understands that Microsoft is a
business...the purpose of a business is to make money.


Bobby

I am sure most would prefer a more lenient licensing policy.
That does not only go for Microsoft but any licensed software.
Because of the terms, I have more $ invested on my computers that I would
have liked to spend elsewhere.
But like everyone else, I had a choice and I made it.
The creators set the licensing terms and it is up to the buyer to accept the
terms or not.
If the terms are unacceptable, there are alternatives and some of them are
free.
No one is forced to buy any operating system.

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"frauimp" wrote in message
...
Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to pay for
additonal
licenses for other personal computers that you own? These are personal PCs
not company owned.

Just curious, and not to raise any issues, but what does the statement "The
Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one time on any single
Workstation Computer."
mean?


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Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
A Windows XP license can only be used on one (1)
computer. A second installation requires a second
license.

From the Windows XP EULA:

1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.

Please read your End-User License Agreement by going
to Start Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then
click on "End-User License Agreement".

If you already have a retail copy of Windows XP, you can obtain
additional licenses for another computer or laptop by visiting the
following Microsoft Web site:
http://shop.microsoft.com/special/wal/walinfo.asp


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"frauimp" wrote:

| Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full
| copy of Windows XP you can only load it on one computer and have to
| pay for additonal licenses for other personal computers that you
| own? These are personal PCs not company owned.

"frauimp" wrote in message
...
Does any one else think it sucks that if you pay $200 for a full copy of
Windows XP........................

NO!
If you want something then pay the market rate for it - or don't buy it.
Antioch

Leythos wrote:

In article ,
says...
Just curious, and not to raise any issues, but what does the
statement "The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one time on any single
Workstation Computer."
mean?

If your computer has MORE than 2 physical CPU's then you can't use it
on that computer.


Not true (at least as far as I know). The issue is really a technical one,
not a licensing one. XP Professional will support only two processors. As
far as I know, you can run it on a computer with more than two processors,
but it will use only two of them (just as XP Home will run on a computer
with two processors, but use only one of them).

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Most people don't have access to a Quad CPU computer that would have
to worry about that restriction.