Activation Problem

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I have 2 PC and would like to instal Windows XP on both
computers. How to avoid activation in order to instal
Windows on 2 computers? I haven't activated it on my first
PC, but can use only for 30 days. How to skip 30 days
delay? Any sugesstion? Many thanks.
 
Windows XP Product Activation is mandatory and cannot be circumvented.
If you wish to install Windows XP on a second computer, then you must
purchase a second license (Product Key).

Installing Windows XP on two different computers, using the
same Product Key (license), is a direct violation of the EULA
and Product Activation will fail with the second installation.

The Windows XP End-User License Agreement (EULA) states you
can install one copy of XP on one computer. So you'll need
to purchase a second copy (Product Key - license) for a second
installation.

Read your Windows XP End-User License Agreement:

Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.

Also, open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and click on "Questions and Answers about the
End-User License Agreement".

To purchase an additional Windows XP license, visit:

Additional Licenses for Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Additional licenses for Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp

How to Change the Product ID in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321636


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Nicholas

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| I have 2 PC and would like to instal Windows XP on both
| computers. How to avoid activation in order to instal
| Windows on 2 computers? I haven't activated it on my first
| PC, but can use only for 30 days. How to skip 30 days
| delay? Any sugesstion? Many thanks.
 
Javed said:
I have 2 PC and would like to instal Windows XP on both
computers. How to avoid activation in order to instal
Windows on 2 computers? I haven't activated it on my first
PC, but can use only for 30 days. How to skip 30 days
delay? Any sugesstion? Many thanks.
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Hmmm... So you come to a Microsoft hosted newsgroup for help on how to
pirate a Microsoft product? Very clever..... NOT! :)

Lorne
 
There are ways around the Product activation but noone
here is going to help you do what many consider to
be "illegal". The legality, EULA or not, is of course open
for debate but is best left to the legal eagles out there
to decide. Keep smiling.
 
The said:
There are ways around the Product activation but noone
here is going to help you do what many consider to
be "illegal". The legality, EULA or not, is of course open
for debate but is best left to the legal eagles out there
to decide. Keep smiling.
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PLEASE quote the post you are reolying to so we know who you are talking to

THANK YOU.
 
Greetings --

What planet are you from? Does your local grocer let you walk out
of the market with three loaves of bread when you've paid for only
one? Can you drive two cars home if you've paid for only one? Does
your local clothier allow you to leave the shop with two shirts if
you've purchased only one? Have you noticed a trend, yet? Where in
the world did you ever get the absurd idea that software manufacturers
would sell their product licenses any differently?

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.

It's thieves like you who have made it necessary for Microsoft and
other software manufacturers to implement copy protection mechanisms
like Product Activation. You have no one to blame but yourself, and
others of your ilk.


Bruce Chambers

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