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Hello to everyone,
Through the Microsoft Windows Newsgroups, there is always a burning
question.
Can I install my copy of Windows XP on another system?
The answer is basically NO.
This question is asked and answered daily, many times.
You have all accepted the EULA at some point, otherwise you would not be
running Windows, so you you should all know the answer.
Please read the following FAQ's on the EULA and enable our Pro's (MVP'S) to
answer technical issues not documentation.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/lic_what_eula_say.mspx

Regards

John
 
Most questions in these newsgroups are asked many times. And they will
continue to be asked many times.

MVPs and others can choose *not* to answer them.

Tom
| Hello to everyone,
| Through the Microsoft Windows Newsgroups, there is always a burning
| question.
| Can I install my copy of Windows XP on another system?
| The answer is basically NO.
| This question is asked and answered daily, many times.
| You have all accepted the EULA at some point, otherwise you would not be
| running Windows, so you you should all know the answer.
| Please read the following FAQ's on the EULA and enable our Pro's (MVP'S)
to
| answer technical issues not documentation.
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/lic_what_eula_say.mspx
|
| Regards
|
| John
|
|
 
John said:
Hello to everyone,
Through the Microsoft Windows Newsgroups, there is always a burning
question.
Can I install my copy of Windows XP on another system?
The answer is basically NO.
This question is asked and answered daily, many times.
You have all accepted the EULA at some point, otherwise you would not
be running Windows, so you you should all know the answer.
Please read the following FAQ's on the EULA and enable our Pro's
(MVP'S) to answer technical issues not documentation.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/lic_what_eula_say.mspx

Regards

John
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YES and NO. Let me explain:

It depends what you mean. The retail version can only be installed and run
on one computer at a time. However, should you want to move the copy - lock
stock and barrel - to another computer and make sure to "wipe" it from the
old one, you can. The retail EULA allows that.

Now if by "another system" you mean may you buy one copy and then spread the
wealth i.e. installing it on several computers at the same time, then no.
One retail copy is meant for one computer at a time.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/lic_what_eula_say.mspx
 
In Tom [Pepper] Willett <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Most questions in these newsgroups are asked many times. And they
will continue to be asked many times.

MVPs and others can choose *not* to answer them.
Click to expand...
<snip>

<g> Which is why we use clipboard managers and often copy/paste the same
answer multiple times a day. Oddly there are people who wonder why we do
that too. Go figure?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
 
John said:
Hello to everyone,
Through the Microsoft Windows Newsgroups, there is always a burning
question.
Can I install my copy of Windows XP on another system?
The answer is basically NO.
This question is asked and answered daily, many times.
You have all accepted the EULA at some point, otherwise you would not be
running Windows, so you you should all know the answer.
Click to expand...
What's an EULA, and what if I buy a computer with Windows preinstalled,
as I did? I've never excepted an EULA because I don't know what an EULA
is. I've got a disc I can play with with my computer. Perhaps if I use
it to install Windows XP in another machine then I'll have to accept an
EULA. At the moment I know that I can transfer data from one computer to
another and I don't see why that does not include the operating system.

At least two questions:

Is it possible to install my copy of Windows XP on another system? (I
think the answer is yes but I don't know for sure.)
Is it legal, under the laws of my country, to do so. (I don't know the
answer to this and there is no definitive answer.)

Paul
 
John said:
Hello to everyone,
Through the Microsoft Windows Newsgroups, there is always a burning
question.
Can I install my copy of Windows XP on another system?
The answer is basically NO.
This question is asked and answered daily, many times.
You have all accepted the EULA at some point, otherwise you would not be
running Windows, so you you should all know the answer.
Click to expand...
What's an EULA, and what if I buy a computer with Windows preinstalled,
as I did? I've never accepted an EULA because I don't know what an EULA
is. I've got a disc I can play with with my computer. Perhaps if I use
it to install Windows XP in another machine then I'll have to accept an
EULA. At the moment I know that I can transfer data from one computer to
another and I don't see why that does not include the operating system.

At least two questions:

Is it possible to install my copy of Windows XP on another system? (I
think the answer is yes but I don't know for sure.)
Is it legal, under the laws of my country, to do so. (I don't know the
answer to this and there is no definitive answer.)

Paul
 
John
Perhaps you have always been clever and able to figure out and answer your
own questions yourself.
However, there are some of us less fortunate 'porcine' types who have
thankfully discovered these newsgroups.
Before I asked my first question(about a year ago) I did use the 'find
button' in the hope of finding an answer, but nothing quite fitted my
problem.
So I asked, and apologised in advance, and was told that I should not worry
in the least that the question had already been asked. One respondent even
suggested that I need not waste 'my time' doing research but ask away, as
you never know if the answer has changed slightly since last time.
I am glad that I did not read your 'please read...' a year ago.
It certainly would not have encouraged me to ask away.
How many times have I read how to lock/unlock taskbar or get rid of T.I.Fs
or temp folders, the ones disk clean misses.
Yes, I do wonder at times why 'they' do it when I have read the same replies
from the same MVPs and other advisors to the same dumb questions. That's
because there are a lot of us dummies out here, sometimes in a state of
panic.
I thank goodness that there are some who are prepared to use their time, fee
of charge, to help others and I marvel at their patience while doing it.
I do not understand why you even bothered to put out this 'instruction', as
I am tempted out of sheer cussedness to bloody ask it again!!!!
Rgds
Antioch
'You cant educate pork'
 
Yo Guys

Microsoft OneNote is a useful program for storing canned answers.. there are
others.. I believe that there is such an animal in MVP Tools, but is a
little long in the tooth..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


Galen said:
In Tom [Pepper] Willett <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Most questions in these newsgroups are asked many times. And they
will continue to be asked many times.

MVPs and others can choose *not* to answer them.
Click to expand...
<snip>

<g> Which is why we use clipboard managers and often copy/paste the same
answer multiple times a day. Oddly there are people who wonder why we do
that too. Go figure?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
Click to expand...
 
Paul

The vendor accepted the EULA.. did the vendor not make you aware at the
point of sale?.. methinks that you might like to go back and ask.. take
packets of peanuts with you.. distributing nuts around the store can
sometimes keep the less knowledgeable staff at bay..
 
Keep canned responses as .txt files, then use insert/text from file. I've
yet to find anything quicker.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Mike Hall (MS-MVP) said:
Yo Guys

Microsoft OneNote is a useful program for storing canned answers.. there
are others.. I believe that there is such an animal in MVP Tools, but is a
little long in the tooth..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


Galen said:
In Tom [Pepper] Willett <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Most questions in these newsgroups are asked many times. And they
will continue to be asked many times.

MVPs and others can choose *not* to answer them.
Click to expand...
<snip>

<g> Which is why we use clipboard managers and often copy/paste the same
answer multiple times a day. Oddly there are people who wonder why we do
that too. Go figure?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
antioch said:
John
Perhaps you have always been clever and able to figure out and answer your
own questions yourself.
However, there are some of us less fortunate 'porcine' types who have
thankfully discovered these newsgroups.
Before I asked my first question(about a year ago) I did use the 'find
button' in the hope of finding an answer, but nothing quite fitted my
problem.
So I asked, and apologised in advance, and was told that I should not worry
in the least that the question had already been asked. One respondent even
suggested that I need not waste 'my time' doing research but ask away, as
you never know if the answer has changed slightly since last time.
I am glad that I did not read your 'please read...' a year ago.
It certainly would not have encouraged me to ask away.
How many times have I read how to lock/unlock taskbar or get rid of T.I.Fs
or temp folders, the ones disk clean misses.
Yes, I do wonder at times why 'they' do it when I have read the same replies
from the same MVPs and other advisors to the same dumb questions. That's
because there are a lot of us dummies out here, sometimes in a state of
panic.
I thank goodness that there are some who are prepared to use their time, fee
of charge, to help others and I marvel at their patience while doing it.
I do not understand why you even bothered to put out this 'instruction', as
I am tempted out of sheer cussedness to bloody ask it again!!!!
Rgds
Antioch
'You cant educate pork'
Click to expand...
There can be many reasons why someone posts the same question you've already
read over and over. In my case it is a disability: narcolepsy. Although I
excelled at and made a career out of troubleshooting in the past, I now fall
asleep after a few minutes tracking the source of a problem. Knowing how
easy it once was, the struggle is extremely frustrating. Insults aren't
humiliating, they're infuriating. For others, consider that home computer use
is exploding; a majority of users are inexperienced. There is also the use of
language; what you read as two identical calls for help may seem entirely
different to their authors. A large part of future markets for computers - ie
the drive to "better, faster, smaller, cheaper" - will come from new users.
As for the documentation, it is too bloody long. A short, concise summary up
front would make life so much easier.
 
Why make excuses for people?.. some are just plain lazy.. others don't see
the a question as being the same as their own because the wording may be
slightly different to what they understand.. yes, they may even have
narcolepsy or some other illness.. some have no clue at all.. that's the way
things are..
 
Hi Paul,

I'm not a Windows guru, but many times the install CD that comes with a new
PC is "tied" to that PC in that it will only install on that particular
piece of hardware. Note that OEM's (original equipment manufacturers such as
Dell) pay far less for Windows licenses than you would at a retail store
which is why the license is limited in this way.

Your data (My Documents, etc.) belongs to you. With the PC you bought what
is effectively a one-use license for the operating system.

Again, if you paid retail then you could erase the old PC and install on the
new PC. You'll need to reactivate though, and you might have to do it by
phone, explaining that you've removed from one computer to put on another.
 
You must be joking Mike. Vendors are only interested to ship boxes and boxes
from their stores and to collect money from as many customers as possible. They
don't have time to explain anything. In fact, it is in their interest to employ
less experienced, less techy type people who can waffle their way out and sell
things quickly!.
 
I have a purchased (legal since I have sumitted this same prod key to
Microsoft) Business license version of Win XP Pro sp2. I Purchased it at the
Pomona Computer Fair last year. I have 50 instances to use the same LPK since
it is
a Volume License.

Hope this info helps some...
 
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