Re: Can I activate on more than one machine with this version of XP?

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From: Alias (maskedandanonymous_at_aka.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:44:28 +0200

"Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote

> Greetings --
>
> You'll need to purchase a separate WinXP license for each computer
> on which you install it.
>
> First of all, you have 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.
>
> Bruce Chambers

Not true. OEMs can be bought without hardware. Mr Chambers is not up-to-date
on this, his stubborness and hardheadedness notwithstanding.

As to being "permanently bound to the first PC on which it's installed" is a
misleading statement. With an OEM, you *can* upgrade your motherboard,
processor, hard drive, keyboard, mouse, CDROM/RW/DVD, video card, sound card
and any other hardware you want to change or upgrade.

What you can't do is legally install it on two different computers
simultaneously.

Alias

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