Guest tolentinopol Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 hello! i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it says 1-2 cpu? tnx
Guest Juan Perez Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu? Hi: Maybe someone could post here a better explanation of the EULA of MS. Basically when it says 1-2 cpu means that you are licensed to use the software, in a computer with 1 or 2 CPU in the same box. Also if it is a OEM version, basically means that you can use this license, just in same box it comes. -- Un saludo Juan Perez "tolentinopol" <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:04F2EB5F-A9C4-48AC-9A9C-2B5849A3C02E@microsoft.com... > hello! > > i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i > just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that > is > generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it > says 1-2 cpu? > > tnx
Guest Bob I Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu? tolentinopol wrote: > hello! > > i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i > just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is > generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it > says 1-2 cpu? > > tnx NO, the CPU is the little square chip inside the case. You may have 2 CPUs on the same motherboard. What you are calling a CPU is correctly refereed to as a computer, and ONE license per computer is what is required.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu? No, the license limits the number of CPUs (which number varies for various versions of Windows.) You can easily exceed the number of CPUs covered by your license on a single computer. Note that these are physical CPUs. A dual or quad core CPU counts as one CPU. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23NO5NeS1HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > NO, the CPU is the little square chip inside the case. You may have 2 CPUs > on the same motherboard. What you are calling a CPU is correctly refereed > to as a computer, and ONE license per computer is what is required. >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu? On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:50:02 -0700, tolentinopol <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > hello! > > i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i > just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is > generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it > says 1-2 cpu? No, you can not do this. You are misusing the word "CPU" to mean "computer." A "CPU" is a chip on the motherboard, *within* the computer. Windows XP Professional (but not XP Home) can run on a computer that has two CPUs on the motherboard. In no case can a single XP license be used on more than one *computer* (except for a volume license). -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest tolentinopol Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu? ok. thank you for all your replies this greatly help me "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:50:02 -0700, tolentinopol > <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > hello! > > > > i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i > > just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is > > generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it > > says 1-2 cpu? > > > > No, you can not do this. > > You are misusing the word "CPU" to mean "computer." A "CPU" is a chip > on the motherboard, *within* the computer. Windows XP Professional > (but not XP Home) can run on a computer that has two CPUs on the > motherboard. > > In no case can a single XP license be used on more than one *computer* > (except for a volume license). > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu? On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:56:01 -0700, tolentinopol <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > ok. thank you for all your replies this greatly help me You're welcome. Glad to help. > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > > > On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:50:02 -0700, tolentinopol > > <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > hello! > > > > > > i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i > > > just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is > > > generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it > > > says 1-2 cpu? > > > > > > > > No, you can not do this. > > > > You are misusing the word "CPU" to mean "computer." A "CPU" is a chip > > on the motherboard, *within* the computer. Windows XP Professional > > (but not XP Home) can run on a computer that has two CPUs on the > > motherboard. > > > > In no case can a single XP license be used on more than one *computer* > > (except for a volume license). > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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