Truth or Untruth

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Scott

I recently heard 'or think I heard' on a well known,
unnamed nationwide televised station, Windows XP Home can
be installed on 2-3 computers at the same time and MS is
possibly O.K. with that?

Truth, Untruth?
 
False

Read your EULA that you agreed to

Now if you want to install it on more then 1 machine do it every 120 days and ghost image your install after inital install for recovery purposes. Becuase MS purges you from their activation database after 120 days and they will have no idea that it is a new system

CT
 
Interesting?

-----Original Message-----
False,

Read your EULA that you agreed to.

Now if you want to install it on more then 1 machine do
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it every 120 days and ghost image your install after
inital install for recovery purposes. Becuase MS purges
you from their activation database after 120 days and
they will have no idea that it is a new system.
 
Wrong! One license entitles you to one installation, period!

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Interesting?
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >False,
| >
| >Read your EULA that you agreed to.
| >
| >Now if you want to install it on more then 1 machine do
| it every 120 days and ghost image your install after
| inital install for recovery purposes. Becuase MS purges
| you from their activation database after 120 days and
| they will have no idea that it is a new system.
| >
| >CT
| >.
| >
 
Why because I speak the truth and not the M$ party line. You know what I posted is correct but you can only come back with name calling instead of proving me wrong. Oh yes you can not prove me wrong becuase I am RIGHT!!

C
----- Richard Urban wrote: ----

Troll

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Regards

Richard Urba

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-
 
Carey

No you are wrong!!! You know for a fact that you can load XP on a second computer 120 days after the first install and MS will have ZER0 idea on what you did. Now are you breaking the EULA well it would be fun to argue in court. But technically you can load XP on 2 systems 120 days and activate just fine. I did it just to verify that it works

CT

----- Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote: ----

Wrong! One license entitles you to one installation, period

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Carey Frisc
Microsoft MV
Windows XP - Shell/Use

Be Smart! Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect

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| Interesting
|
|
| >-----Original Message----
| >False
|
| >Read your EULA that you agreed to
|
| >Now if you want to install it on more then 1 machine do
| it every 120 days and ghost image your install after
| inital install for recovery purposes. Becuase MS purges
| you from their activation database after 120 days and
| they will have no idea that it is a new system
|
| >C
| >
| >
 
No, you are not speaking the truth, but you apparently have a reading
comprehension and character disorder.

Read and comprehend the End-User License Agreement:

To access the License Agreement on your XP 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.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|
| Why because I speak the truth and not the M$ party line. You know what I posted is correct but you can
only come back with name calling instead of proving me wrong. Oh yes you can not prove me wrong becuase I am
RIGHT!!!
|
| CT
 
A little grammar lesson here..

"CAN he"? Meaning, is he 'able to'. Apparently
technically so. But, "MAY he"? Meaning, 'does he have
permission to?' Not legally, no.

So, you are both speaking the 'truth' here. There simply
seem to be two truths about this issue.
 
I called him a TROLL for beating a dead horse, Kurt! Same as you!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

CT said:
Why because I speak the truth and not the M$ party line. You know
Click to expand...
what I posted is correct but you can only come back with name calling
instead of proving me wrong. Oh yes you can not prove me wrong becuase I am
RIGHT!!!
 
Read the OP, it asks if MS is all right with that. The answer is no and
Carey's answer is correct. Read the EULA, does it say that what you are
suggesting the user do is within the terms of the EULA? The OP didn't ask
if it had been tested in court.

Also, something else what you are suggesting doesn't address, the user may
have trouble getting updates for the other installations and a reinstall due
to a crash will be out of the question unless the user waits another 120
days and, of course, that waiting period must be applied to all other
machines. It would take 120 days to do what you suggest just to get it
installed and activated on the second machine and another 120 days before it
could be accomplished on the third machine; that's 8 months to just
accomplish the task on two additional machines.

The OP didn't ask what could be gotten away with, the OP asked what was all
right with MS.
 
Thank you all for a most interesting lesson - I'll think
I'll stick to being legal, couldn't be bothered waiting
120 days and then having problems etc.
 
You have to remember Carey, you have to actually be able to read, in order
to comprehend the end user license agreement.
Obviously, not all folks can perform that very simple task.

Don
 
Greetings --

Pure fiction.

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

You can buy additional licenses, assuming you have a retail
license. Naturally, Microsoft cannot sell additional OEM licenses.
Be aware, however, that you'll probably pay more this way than you
would if you were to buy a second copy of WinXP from a discount
retailer; Microsoft will only offer you a 15% discount off their MSRP.

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


Bruce Chambers

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