More Than On Computer in the house-hold

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Hi Members
I bought Windows Vist and put it on my home computer. Do I have to buy it
again to put it on my new laptop? If not, how does that work?
 
Matthew said:
Hi Members
I bought Windows Vist and put it on my home computer. Do I have to buy it
again to put it on my new laptop? If not, how does that work?
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Yes, you need to purchase another license. One license to a computer.


Malke
 
Matthew said:
Hi Members
I bought Windows Vist and put it on my home computer. Do I have to buy it
again to put it on my new laptop? If not, how does that work?
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Certainly. You need to purchase a separate Vista license for each
computer on which you install it.

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and U.S.
copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if not
technically) to purchase one Vista license for each computer on which it
is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law to determine
final applicability in your locale.) The only way in which Vista
licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows (up until
WinXP, that is) is that Microsoft has added a copy protection and
anti-theft mechanism, Product Activation, to prevent (or at least make
more difficult) multiple installations using a single license.


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killed a great many philosophers.
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Certainly. You need to purchase a separate Vista license for each
computer on which you install it.

Just as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems
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Not always:

Under the licensing agreements for Microsoft applications software and
Windows 3.0, if the software is permanently installed on the hard disk or
other storage device of a computer (other than a network server) and one
person uses that computer more than 80 percent of the time it is in use,
then that person may also use the software on a portable or home computer.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/83926
 
Adam said:
Not always:

Under the licensing agreements for Microsoft applications software and
Windows 3.0,....
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Yes, always. Your example is irrelevant. I specified operating
systems, and Windows 3.0 was *not* an operating system. It was just a
GUI shell that "rode on top of" the actual operating system, which was
MS-DOS. The first commercially and publicly available Microsoft
operating system to use the now-ubiquitous "Windows" brand was Windows
NT 3.x.



--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
 
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