Re: Windows XP Home

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According to the EULA, no. Technically, of course.


Actually, that should be "Technically, maybe." It depends entirely upon the specific type of installation CD the OP has.


All you have to do is wait 120 days from when you installed it on one computer and then install it on another and MS will not be the wiser.


Again, maybe. It still depends entirely upon the specific type of installation CD the OP has.


From a moral point of view, .... 


	With which you've always demonstrated a complete unfamiliarity.


when one considers that MS stole Windows from Apple,


An out-right lie. And you forgot to mention that the original idea for a GUI was developed by Xerox, from whom Apple "borrowed" it first.


MS really doesn't have a hanky to cry into if you do it.


Ah, yes... The old "two wrongs must make a right" rationale thieves always fall back on.


In addition, MS has never taken a private individual to court for breaching the EULA so until they do, 


	True, but irrelevant.


it is NOT illegal to install XP on two or more computers.



That depends entirely upon the intellectual property and copyright laws of the jurisdiction in which one resides. For instance, in the United States, such an action not only violates a legally enforceable contract, but it also clearly violates federal copyright law.



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