Multiple Home installs

The Youngs

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Aug 11, 2002, 9:42:30 PM8/11/02

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HI,

Can I install windows XP on both my laptop and desktop at home or do I have
to buy a copy for both?

thanks

Anthony

Eagle 1

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Aug 11, 2002, 10:18:55 PM8/11/02

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You have to buy two lisences. If you got pro it would not make you as long
as it was registered to the same address.; Home uses your hardware
configuration

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Patrick Keenan

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Aug 11, 2002, 10:22:29 PM8/11/02

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The licensing is set up for one copy per machine.

D o t A u

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Aug 12, 2002, 12:21:29 AM8/12/02

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You'll have to buy one copy per computer,
or search on google for an xp activation hack
and install in on unlimited computers.

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Ron Maxey

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Aug 12, 2002, 8:19:33 AM8/12/02

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As I understand it, the licensing only allows legal use on one machine at a
time even if you own all the computers in question.

I and many others think this is ridiculous, but that's the way it is.
Microsoft gives you only two options: Pay a ridiculous price to buy multiple
copies of the same product, or become a criminal by getting an illegal copy
that you can install on as many computers as you want (which is easy enough
to do for anyone willing to go that route).

As much as I like XP and prefer it over any other OS I've used, the
licensing arrangement is almost enough to make one a Linux user. (I said
"almost.")

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Bruce Chambers

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Aug 12, 2002, 11:00:00 AM8/12/02

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Greetings --

As with *all* earlier Microsoft operating systems, it's necessary (to be
in compliance with both the EULA and copyright laws, 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 earlier versions of Windows
is that Microsoft has finally added a mechanism to prevent (or at least make
more difficult) casual theft.

While some specific retail Microsoft application licenses, such as those
for the Office Suite and Project, have allowed the licensee to install the
software on both a desktop and a portable computer, this has _never_ been
the case with Microsoft operating systems.

HTH&GL,

Bruce Chambers
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Ken Blake

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Aug 12, 2002, 4:20:45 PM8/12/02

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In news:e4cfluold910vnd35...@srb.com, §µnnýß© þ
wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 21:42:30 -0400, "The Youngs"
<or...@hotmail.com>

> Yes
> No

Sorry that's not correct. You can not legally put a single copy
of Windows XP (or any other version of Windows) on two machines
unless you buy a second license.

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D o t A u

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Aug 12, 2002, 11:03:28 PM8/12/02

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And??? Doesn't stop most people!
It's just to easy, activation crack for Home and Pro, install 'Corp' with a
new VLK..

It's also illegal to tape something off tv and show it to anyone who doesn't
live at
the same address, but everyone has video nights with mates.

Donald Gray

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Aug 13, 2002, 3:39:11 PM8/13/02

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On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:03:28 +1000, "D o t A u"
<dotau.nospam.@tpg.dot.com.dot.au> created this little gem:

> but everyone has video nights with mates.

Wrong! Not everyone. I don't....

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Donald Gray
Professional Antagonist

D o t A u

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Aug 13, 2002, 10:48:26 PM8/13/02

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Don't have any mates or don't have video nights???
My guess would be both!!

Stephen Lo

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Aug 15, 2002, 1:27:49 AM8/15/02

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Please tell me where could I find "activation crack for Home and Pro"!
I searched google by "XP+activation+crack" but got nothing useful. Will
the VLK working in a Home or Pro? Where could I find it?

Thank you!!

LET'S FIGHT BACK WPA!!

Harry Ohrn

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Aug 15, 2002, 2:21:31 AM8/15/02

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[snip]

> Please tell me where could I find "activation crack for Home and Pro"!
> I searched google by "XP+activation+crack" but got nothing useful. Will
> the VLK working in a Home or Pro? Where could I find it?
>
> Thank you!!
>
>
> LET'S FIGHT BACK WPA!!

There are no reliable activation cracks for Home or Pro and a VLK will not
work with either of those versions.

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Harry Ohrn
www.webtree.ca

D o t A u

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Aug 15, 2002, 4:42:28 AM8/15/02

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Try a p2p like morpheus

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Bruce Chambers

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Aug 15, 2002, 8:57:54 AM8/15/02

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Greetings --

Cracks for the Millennium
http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/cracks_for_the_millennium.htm

or: http://www.amishrakefight.org/gfy/

HTH&GL,

Bruce Chambers
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