Guest spindarella Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 can i install my windows xp on my other pc?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: windows xp "spindarella" <spindarella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:00BFD0E1-9521-441A-BCEA-2C1D065D1700@microsoft.com... > can i install my windows xp on my other pc? You can but you cannot activate it unless - It is a retail version, and - You remove it from your first PC, and - You ring Microsoft, explain that you have removed it from the first PC and get a new activation key.
Guest Alias Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: windows xp spindarella wrote: > can i install my windows xp on my other pc? You will breach the EULA if you have two installations of the same XP on two computers. If it's retail, you may move it to another computer if you remove it from the first. If it's a generic OEM XP, you're not supposed to move it but if it's been over 120 days since the last activation on the first computer, it will activate on line on the second. This is a breach of the EULA but it can be done and no one will be the wiser. If it's an XP that came preinstalled on the computer, then you can't move it to another computer because it will be tied to the BIOS of the first computer. -- Alias To email me, remove shoes
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 Re: windows xp On Sun, 7 Oct 2007 02:45:01 -0700, spindarella <spindarella@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > can i install my windows xp on my other pc? No. The rule is quite clear. It's one copy (or one license) for each computer. There's nothing new here. This is exactly the same rule that's been in effect on every version of Windows starting with Windows 3.1. The only thing new with XP is that there's now an enforcement mechanism. If yours is a retail version, not an OEM one, you can buy extra licenses (see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/addlic.asp). But it's not generally a good deal. The problem is that Microsoft sells additional licenses at only a small savings over the list price. You're almost certainly better off just buying a complete second copy from a discount source. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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