Installing Microsoft XP on multiple home computers

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I recently purchased XP in order to upgrade my Win98
systems. I have three networked computers at home and
want XP on all of them.

How do I go about doing this? If I understand
the "activation" process - does this mean I must purchase
additional copies of XP for home use? Surely not.

Thx for the info.
 
On the back of the Windows XP box, please read the statement
"For installation and use on one computer"
(see License Agreement for license terms).

To access the License Agreement on your computer, go to
Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter.
Then click on "End-User License Agreement".

You can also open XP's "Help and Support" and type: EULA
and hit enter. Click on "Questions and answers about the EULA".

The End-User License Agreement states quite clearly:

"You may install, use, access, display and run one copy
of the Software on a single computer...."

You can install one (1) copy of Windows XP on one (1) computer.
Additional installations requires additional licenses (Product Keys)
for each installation on a different computer.

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

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
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| I recently purchased XP in order to upgrade my Win98
| systems. I have three networked computers at home and
| want XP on all of them.
|
| How do I go about doing this? If I understand
| the "activation" process - does this mean I must purchase
| additional copies of XP for home use? Surely not.
|
| Thx for the info.
 
Greetings --

As it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating systems,
it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA, 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.


Bruce Chambers

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Rick said:
I recently purchased XP in order to upgrade my Win98
systems. I have three networked computers at home and
want XP on all of them.

How do I go about doing this? If I understand
the "activation" process - does this mean I must purchase
additional copies of XP for home use? Surely not.

Thx for the info.
Click to expand...

To be in compliance with the XP EULA, you will need to have a unique license
key for each computer when you are prompted to activate. The CD key is good
for a single computer.
You say you have three Win 98 systems, is it really necessary or even worth
the cost or time upgrading the hardware and software to XP? I would suggest
you follow the links below and especially run the upgrade wizard on each
system to determine if your Win98 systems are up to the task of running XP.
You should probably consider purchasing a new XP system, leaving the current
systems as is but creating a network with the new XP system.

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
For upgrading to XP Home or Pro, see the links below.
http://aumha.org/a/xpupgrad.htm
XP Upgrade
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_9xupgrade.asp
See the link below for steps on performing a Clean Install.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Known problems with XP upgrades.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpupgdissues.html
Known Problems with Clean installs.
http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/Install/installbugs.htm
Top 10 Reasons for Moving to Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/top10.asp
Why Windows XP Professional?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/default.asp
Windows XP Professional Features
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/features.asp

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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://michaelstevenstech.com
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I recently purchased XP in order to upgrade my Win98
systems. I have three networked computers at home and
want XP on all of them.

How do I go about doing this? If I understand
the "activation" process - does this mean I must purchase
additional copies of XP for home use? Surely not.

Thx for the info.
Click to expand...

You need to have once licence per computer, this applied to all
Windows including 98. Since most people ignored the End User Licence
Agreement (EULA) when installing windows. MS have enforced it with the
Activation schema. So you cannot install one licence on 3 PCs.

You don`t have to have 3 XP CDs but you do Need 3 seperate product
codes:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/addlic.asp

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/
 
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