Re: XP Pro on more than 1 home computer
From: Kevin (kevincf_at_excite.com)
Date: 07/21/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:21:47 -0700
You must purchase a copy of XP for each machine you wish to install it on.
With the exception of corporate settings where you get a license to install
some certain number of copies of the OS on some certain number of machines.
"Tiger" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My computer crashed last week with Windows XP Pro on it -
> my former computer tech loaded Windows XP Pro into it. So,
> we got a new computer with brand new Windows XP Pro. We
> now have 2 computers networked together in our home, and
> so as we installed our new Windows XP Pro into the old
> computer tonight, we got an error message saying that we
> had already installed this particular version.
>
> I totally understand piracy rules and the like (we buy all
> of our programs), but I thought that Windows XP was like
> old versions of Windows in that you could use it at home
> on several computers. Anyone have any suggestions for us?
> We can't afford to buy another Windows program as we just
> spent a ton of money on our new computer, plus a few small
> upgrades to get the old computer up and running. Plus, our
> other version of Windows that we paid for last year is in
> our crashed hard drive! The only other version that I
> have at home is Windows 95 and that is not an option as I
> have tons of digital photos and movies of the baby that I
> work with.
>
> Please help, Tiger
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