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

From: jm (john_20_28_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: 28 Aug 2004 16:46:07 -0700

"Alias" <maskedandanonymous@aka.com> wrote in message news:<2pbr3bFj3470U1@uni-berlin.de>...
> "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

Yeah, but will it activate or will Microsoft issue me another key?

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