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Question about WindowsXP Professional
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| When you have WindowsXP Professional can you run the same copy on your
laptop and destop or is it so limited that you can only run it on one
machine.
Either the desktop or the laptop
Thanks:Terry
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| steve harris 2003-02-24, 8:23 am |
| Terry wrote:
> When you have WindowsXP Professional can you run the same copy on your
> laptop and destop or is it so limited that you can only run it on one
> machine.
> Either the desktop or the laptop
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> Thanks:Terry
One machine
Registered with MS.
You have to ask Bill's permission to change almost anything on the machine
too.
Then there is Linux which doesn't have these annoying requirements.
Steve
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| ImhoTech 2003-02-24, 10:23 am |
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"steve harris" <steveharris1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Terry wrote:
>
> > When you have WindowsXP Professional can you run the same copy on your
> > laptop and destop or is it so limited that you can only run it on one
> > machine.
> > Either the desktop or the laptop
> >
> >
> > Thanks:Terry
>
> One machine
> Registered with MS.
True
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> You have to ask Bill's permission to change almost anything on the machine
> too.
Untrue
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> Then there is Linux which doesn't have these annoying requirements.
>
And is nearly useless for the average end user.
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> Steve
The only thing more lame than blaming Microsoft for ID 10 T errors, is
thinking that Linux will make them go away.
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| I am pretty sure that you can use the same copy
on a desktop and laptop but you will have to check..
Cheers,
DB
"steve harris" <steveharris1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b3d851$1kgvui$1@ID-182617.news.dfncis.de...
> Terry wrote:
>
> > When you have WindowsXP Professional can you run the same copy on your
> > laptop and destop or is it so limited that you can only run it on one
> > machine.
> > Either the desktop or the laptop
> >
> >
> > Thanks:Terry
>
> One machine
> Registered with MS.
>
> You have to ask Bill's permission to change almost anything on the machine
> too.
>
> Then there is Linux which doesn't have these annoying requirements.
>
>
> Steve
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| Dwight Duckstein 2003-02-24, 4:23 pm |
| NEVER has it been legal to use ANY MS operating system on more than one
PC...at least not in my memory/experience going back 19 years.
Applications, such as word processing or spreadsheets, or whatever,
frequently will allow a single owner to install on two machines as long as
he/she is the only person who will use the software.
The confusion comes from "Operating System" - Windows, Dos, Linux, OS/2,
etc. and "Application" - Word Perfect, Lotus, Excel, etc.
HTH
--
Dwight Duckstein, MCP
dduckstein@KILLSPAMhotm
ail.com
"Dan B" <berar@sprint.ca> wrote in message
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> I am pretty sure that you can use the same copy
> on a desktop and laptop but you will have to check..
>
> Cheers,
>
> DB
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> "steve harris" <steveharris1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:b3d851$1kgvui$1@ID-182617.news.dfncis.de...
> > Terry wrote:
> >
> > > When you have WindowsXP Professional can you run the same copy on your
> > > laptop and destop or is it so limited that you can only run it on one
> > > machine.
> > > Either the desktop or the laptop
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks:Terry
> >
> > One machine
> > Registered with MS.
> >
> > You have to ask Bill's permission to change almost anything on the
machine
> > too.
> >
> > Then there is Linux which doesn't have these annoying requirements.
> >
> >
> > Steve
>
>
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| Sorry you are exactly right, I must have got XP confused
with Office XP...
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/bas...tion/mpafaq.asp
Does Microsoft Product Activation allow customers to install products on a
laptop as well as on a PC?
Consumers should refer to the terms of the product's End User License
Agreement. In some cases, the Microsoft EULA allows customers who are the
primary user of Microsoft applications such as Office and Word to install
one additional copy on their laptop computer for their exclusive use. This
does not apply to product licenses acquired with the purchase of a PC. These
OEM licenses are single-use licenses that cannot be transferred to another
PC. Windows XP can also only be installed on a single computer. Installation
and subsequent activation on a different computer requires a new license
Cheers,
DB
"Dwight Duckstein" <dduckstein@KILLSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6b3a9595f887a4754dd8df011
6040a1a@news.teranews.com...
> NEVER has it been legal to use ANY MS operating system on more than one
> PC...at least not in my memory/experience going back 19 years.
>
> Applications, such as word processing or spreadsheets, or whatever,
> frequently will allow a single owner to install on two machines as long as
> he/she is the only person who will use the software.
>
> The confusion comes from "Operating System" - Windows, Dos, Linux, OS/2,
> etc. and "Application" - Word Perfect, Lotus, Excel, etc.
>
> HTH
>
>
> --
> Dwight Duckstein, MCP
> dduckstein@KILLSPAMhotm
ail.com
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> "Dan B" <berar@sprint.ca> wrote in message
> news:hru6a.5769$Wy1.45628@newscontent-01.sprint.ca...
> > I am pretty sure that you can use the same copy
> > on a desktop and laptop but you will have to check..
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > DB
> >
> >
> >
> > "steve harris" <steveharris1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:b3d851$1kgvui$1@ID-182617.news.dfncis.de...
> > > Terry wrote:
> > >
> > > > When you have WindowsXP Professional can you run the same copy on
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> > > > machine.
> > > > Either the desktop or the laptop
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks:Terry
> > >
> > > One machine
> > > Registered with MS.
> > >
> > > You have to ask Bill's permission to change almost anything on the
> machine
> > > too.
> > >
> > > Then there is Linux which doesn't have these annoying requirements.
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> >
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