Guest RBB Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 I know this question must read a little strange but I am a family man who purchased this computer and all software which is installed on it. Windows XP Home Edition. I allow; my daughter, my son, my mother and of course myself to use the computer. My daughter is a student so I purchased MS Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003. I also purchased Windows Lvie One Care. My questions are , "Am I commiting a crime by allowing my family members to use my computer?" Am i defaulting on those Eula Agreements? Do I select that option that my computer is sharred, not to save ones address book on it?
Guest John John Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: Sharring ones computer No, absolutely not! You can allow *whoever* you want to use your computer, even complete strangers. It is nobody's business but your own as to who uses your computer. John RBB wrote: > I know this question must read a little strange but I am a family man who > purchased this computer and all software which is installed on it. Windows > XP Home Edition. > > I allow; my daughter, my son, my mother and of course myself to use the > computer. My daughter is a student so I purchased MS Office Student and > Teacher Edition 2003. > > I also purchased Windows Lvie One Care. > > My questions are , "Am I commiting a crime by allowing my family members to > use my computer?" Am i defaulting on those Eula Agreements? Do I select > that option that my computer is sharred, not to save ones address book on it? > >
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: Sharring ones computer "RBB" <RBB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:12D04064-C3FA-4602-8AAB-6490A9B1518D@microsoft.com... >I know this question must read a little strange but I am a family man who > purchased this computer and all software which is installed on it. > Windows > XP Home Edition. > > I allow; my daughter, my son, my mother and of course myself to use the > computer. My daughter is a student so I purchased MS Office Student and > Teacher Edition 2003. > > I also purchased Windows Lvie One Care. > > My questions are , "Am I commiting a crime by allowing my family members > to > use my computer?" Am i defaulting on those Eula Agreements? Do I select > that option that my computer is sharred, not to save ones address book on > it? No, this is definitely permitted in these EULAs. Windows and Offce are licensed for use on a single PC (Office is sometimes licensed for two, usually a laptop and desktop - you'll have to check yours), but that doesn't limit it to a single, specific user. There may be apps that *do* limit licensing to a specifc users, but you haven't mentioned them. Create separate user accounts for each user, and log into each one. Office will want to run a portion of its setup at first run in an account, to create file and path references and store user names. Office will create a separate user name for each account it's run in. The Shared option for saving the address book is really intended for use at a public computer that doesn't get accounts for each user. In your case, you *defnitely* want separate user accounts. HTH -pk
Guest Ken Blake Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: Sharring ones computer "RBB" <RBB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:12D04064-C3FA-4602-8AAB-6490A9B1518D@microsoft.com... >I know this question must read a little strange but I am a family man who > purchased this computer and all software which is installed on it. > Windows > XP Home Edition. > > I allow; my daughter, my son, my mother and of course myself to use the > computer. My daughter is a student so I purchased MS Office Student and > Teacher Edition 2003. > > I also purchased Windows Lvie One Care. > > My questions are , "Am I commiting a crime by allowing my family members > to > use my computer?" Am i defaulting on those Eula Agreements? Do I select > that option that my computer is sharred, not to save ones address book on > it? You are doing nothing wrong. You are not committing a crime, nor are you failing to comply with any EULAs. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 23, 2007 Posted August 23, 2007 Re: Sharring ones computer RBB wrote: > I know this question must read a little strange but I am a family man who > purchased this computer and all software which is installed on it. Windows > XP Home Edition. > > I allow; my daughter, my son, my mother and of course myself to use the > computer. My daughter is a student so I purchased MS Office Student and > Teacher Edition 2003. > > I also purchased Windows Lvie One Care. > You'll want something better than that for security. > My questions are , "Am I commiting a crime by allowing my family members to > use my computer?" Am i defaulting on those Eula Agreements? No, of course not. > Do I select > that option that my computer is sharred, not to save ones address book on it? > > If you don't have a separate user account for each individual, that might be a good idea. But only you know whether you want to hide that info from your family or not. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html 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
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