Re: ok, let's clear this up MS - is Product Activation really restricted?
- From: Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 07:50:24 -0600
bonio wrote:
But what about this scenario:
I buy a blank whitebox PC and a retail copy of XP Pro.
I install XP Pro on the PC and activate it on the Internet.
A few weeks later, I buy a new blank whitebox PC.
I decide to wipe my copy of XP Pro off the first PC and install it on the new one.
So now I have one copy of XP Pro installed on one machine - which is perfectly OK according to the EULA.
However, if I try to activate the new install over the Internet, it will fail because my copy of XP Pro is already activated on the old PC.
Now, if it's true that all I need to provide is the installation ID to activate Windows over the phone, then presumably I'm under no obligation to explain why I'm activating XP on another machine?
Now suppose I didn't wipe XP off the first machine. What's to stop me from doing this and thus defeating the whole purpose of activation?
Nothing but your own integrity.
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