Re: Loading XP Pro onto 2nd computer
From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 01/07/05
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 19:00:12 -0700
randallbc wrote:
> I have a laptop that came with XP Pro. I have recently purchased a barebones
> desktop system to network with it. Am I legally allowed to load my laptop's
> XP Pro onto this desktop system? If so, are there any particular's to be
> aware of?
Yyou can't. You'll need to purchase a separate WinXP Pro license
for each computer on which you install it.
First of all, your laptop computer has an OEM license for
WinXP. An OEM version must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally a
motherboard or hard rive, if not an entire PC) and is _permanently_
bound to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once
installed, is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_
circumstances.
Secondly, as it has *always* been with *all* Microsoft operating
systems, it's necessary (to be in compliance with both the EULA and
U.S. copyright law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/117.html), if
not technically) to purchase one WinXP license for each computer on
which it is installed. (Consult an attorney versed in copyright law
to determine final applicability in your locale.) The only way in
which WinXP licensing differs from that of earlier versions of Windows
is that Microsoft has finally added a copy protection and anti-theft
mechanism, Product Activation, to prevent (or at least make more
difficult) multiple installations using a single license.
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