Re: XP - multiple installations with same licence?

August 22, 2008

Re: XP - multiple installations with same licence?

I was looking through my old postings and found this one. I may as well

give an update.

I never did install the second copy of XP. The video card was second hand,

and the seller explained it was my problem -it worked OK under SP1. The $350

(second hand!) video capture card sat in its box waiting for new SP2 drivers.

They never happened. Life moved on. I bought a USB video capture box. It

works fine. I gave the capture card to a friend who uses Linux on the

of-chance there are Linux drivers for it. It still leaved a bad taste in my

mouth. That was a lot of money.

"HeyBub" wrote:

> James from Canberra wrote:

>

> > My only options seem to be;

> > to buy another licence just for video capture, or

> > to set up XP SP1 on a hard disk and not connect to the Internet, and

> > reinstall my current licence.

>

> No, your best option is to fuss like the third monkey on Noah's gangplank

> with the folks who sold you the video capture card. They must either: a)

> give you a driver to work with the current release of the operating system

> as they promised, or b) refund your money.

>

> > Oh yeah - and boo suck to Microsoft. It seems I cannot ask this

> > question through formal channels without having to pay. Hey guys -

> > I'm trying to comply OK? I need to know how to fit in with your

> > licence model.

>

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