Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the same
disc onto my PC at work and at home?

"Baltimoron" <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the same
> disc onto my PC at work and at home?


You can install on as many machines as you like from the same CD - PROVIDED
that you have a separate Windows Licence for each installation - in other
words if you have ONE licence only, then you can ONLY install on ONE
machine...

=?Utf-8?B?QmFsdGltb3Jvbg==?= <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com>
crashed Echelon writing
news:F36A47FB-3194-4A48-98D6-4CA677B51CD1@microsoft.com:

> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the
> same disc onto my PC at work and at home?

No, not without a volume license.

--
Bjarke Andersen

Gordon wrote:
> "Baltimoron" <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F36A47FB-3194-4A48-98D6-4CA677B51CD1@microsoft.com...
>> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the same
>> disc onto my PC at work and at home?
>
>
> You can install on as many machines as you like from the same CD - PROVIDED
> that you have a separate Windows Licence for each installation - in other
> words if you have ONE licence only, then you can ONLY install on ONE
> machine...
>
>

You mean "may", not "can".

That's one of the good things about Ubuntu, no restrictions like
Microsoft, no WPA, no WGA. Get it at www.ubuntu.com

Alias

"Baltimoron" <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F36A47FB-3194-4A48-98D6-4CA677B51CD1@microsoft.com...
> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP?

One, with the exceptions described below.

> Can I load the same
> disc onto my PC at work and at home?

You can use the same disc but not the same license key. You will need a
second license key for the second install. You can buy a key only, but
that isn't a lot cheaper and it's not a bad idea to have two copies of the
CD if you have two systems in different locations.

The issue is activation. When you attempt to activate the second system
with the same key, activation will fail and not too long afterwards (at most
30 days) Windows will cease to function.

The exceptions to this are some OEM versions that are pre-activated, but
those tend to check for a signature in the BIOS, so you can't installl a
Dell version on an HP system; and the Volume License version. VL installs
use the same disc and the same key, and do not require activation. Volume
Licensing is available starting at five licenses or "seats".

VL price savings aren't large at low numbers of seats; the savings are in
time and appearwhen a large number of systems have to have XP installed, in
that unattended installs or images can be used and activation isn't needed.

HTH
-pk

"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fqgjee$6ro$2@aioe.org...
> Gordon wrote:
>> "Baltimoron" <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F36A47FB-3194-4A48-98D6-4CA677B51CD1@microsoft.com...
>>> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the
>>> same
>>> disc onto my PC at work and at home?
>>
>>
>> You can install on as many machines as you like from the same CD -
>> PROVIDED that you have a separate Windows Licence for each installation -
>> in other words if you have ONE licence only, then you can ONLY install on
>> ONE machine...
>
> You mean "may", not "can".

Nope, "can" is perfectly apposite in this scenario - the licence has nothing
to do with the physical media...

"Bjarke Andersen" <bjarke.andersen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A56735C03F15bjoegdk@207.46.248.16...
> =?Utf-8?B?QmFsdGltb3Jvbg==?= <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com>
> crashed Echelon writing
> news:F36A47FB-3194-4A48-98D6-4CA677B51CD1@microsoft.com:
>
>> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the
>> same disc onto my PC at work and at home?
>
> No, not without a volume license.
>

Doesn't need a volume licence specifically - just a separate licence for
each machine.

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> crashed Echelon writing
news:6322uhF258mr8U1@mid.individual.net:

> Doesn't need a volume licence specifically - just a separate licence for
> each machine.

In those terms yes, but I understood OP as he would like to you use the
same license on several PCs.

--
Bjarke Andersen

Gordon wrote:
> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fqgjee$6ro$2@aioe.org...
>> Gordon wrote:
>>> "Baltimoron" <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:F36A47FB-3194-4A48-98D6-4CA677B51CD1@microsoft.com...
>>>> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the
>>>> same
>>>> disc onto my PC at work and at home?
>>>
>>> You can install on as many machines as you like from the same CD -
>>> PROVIDED that you have a separate Windows Licence for each installation -
>>> in other words if you have ONE licence only, then you can ONLY install on
>>> ONE machine...
>> You mean "may", not "can".
>
> Nope, "can" is perfectly apposite in this scenario - the licence has nothing
> to do with the physical media...
>
>

OK, conceded. What I was saying is you can install XP on as many
computers as you like with the same license if you activate them 120
days apart and only use Auto Update and never allow WGA to download.

Alias

That is out of compliance with the EULA. The 120 days may apply to
activation over the internet, but the license is clear enough that
installation is one machine at a time.

"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fqgug0$c4a$1@aioe.org...
> Gordon wrote:
>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:fqgjee$6ro$2@aioe.org...
>>> Gordon wrote:
>>>> "Baltimoron" <Baltimoron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:F36A47FB-3194-4A48-98D6-4CA677B51CD1@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Onto how many PCs can I load my genuine version of XP? Can I load the
>>>>> same
>>>>> disc onto my PC at work and at home?
>>>>
>>>> You can install on as many machines as you like from the same CD -
>>>> PROVIDED that you have a separate Windows Licence for each
>>>> installation - in other words if you have ONE licence only, then you
>>>> can ONLY install on ONE machine...
>>> You mean "may", not "can".
>>
>> Nope, "can" is perfectly apposite in this scenario - the licence has
>> nothing to do with the physical media...
>
> OK, conceded. What I was saying is you can install XP on as many computers
> as you like with the same license if you activate them 120 days apart and
> only use Auto Update and never allow WGA to download.
>
> Alias