Re: windows xp with service pack 2 full version

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sam Hobbs wrote:
Shenan Stanley wrote:
cboardwoman wrote:
I am starting a new enterprise company i purchased 6 refurbished
computers from a trusted wholesale company . comps have been
scrubbed for security . my question is will xp pro full version be
able to put xp on all 6 comps? is there a limit of comps you can
load?

As it has seemingly always been (just not limited by software -
only by agreement until Windows XP) - you have to purchase a
license to run a Windows operating system. It is one license
equals installation and use on one computer.

In other words - you have 6 computers with no operating system (I
am inferring from your posting) - so you will need 6 licenses of
Windows XP Professional (seems to be the OS you are referring to)
in order to install it on all 6 machines.

License and CD are not interchangeable terms. You can get a volume
license (you will be installing on over 5 computers) if you wish. Or you
can just purchase one copy of Windows XP Professional
(retail) and then purchase 5 more licenses at a *very slightly*
discounted price. Or you could buy 6 OEM licenses/CDs from a
known legitimate vendor (although many might suggest not doing
this because there are many limitations to what can be done/what
is supplied with OEM licenses.)

We don't know what OS was on the systems but if they had OEM copies
of XP then what happens to that license? Does it become a permanent
part of the Microsoft billions and use of the licenses lost forever?

If the operating system that was on the "6 refurbished computers [bought]
from a trusted wholesale company" happened to have been the OEM version of
Windows XP *and* there was no longer any way to tell what the product key
for each of those OEM licensed copies of Windows XP were (from what was
received in the sale) - then the computers in question were bought 'sans
an OS' and nothing else is relevant.

If the OEM Product Key Sticker is still on the 6 machines - and said owner
of the systems has a generic OEM that will work with said product key *or*
said owner contacts the original equipment manufacturer of said
refurbished products and obtains legitimate restore/recovery media for the
systems based off the product key stickers on the machines - then they can
certainly use that legitimate license - as it is attached - in accordance
with the EULA - to that machine.

However - I feel your question is more basic than that, probably...

To be in 100% accordance with Microsoft's Windows XP OEM EULA - if the
system has an OEM copy installed upon it with product key XYZ234 and the
machine is melted and the product key and CD are left behind safely - you
might as well burn the product key and CD as well - since their usefulness
died with the first machine they were installed/utilized upon. It is one
of the things that makes OEM licensing so unattractive.


It is also one of the things that contribute a few dollars to Microsoft's
billions, and that is the point I am getting at.

If I have an item of USA currency (this probably also applies to most all
currency for most all governments) that burns in a fire, and unless I know
the serial number, where does that money go? In reality, it is the
government that has the money. The paper is just a representation of money.

So I sure don't understand why people are so tolerant of OEM copies of
Windows. If OEM copies of Windows die with the hardware then that is not a
good deal. A better deal is to have copies of Windows that can be
transferred to new systems. I do understand that there are details that make
this more complicated but I think that means a more flexible solution is
needed. As far as I know, it is difficult or impossible to lpurchase systems
without an OEM copy of Windows, even when a person has a legal copy they can
use instead.



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