Re: Licensing questions

Actually you are wrong and I can tell you exactly why. It doesn't matter
what Microsoft thinks should be in the eula, what matters is the actual law
and applicable case law. There is no way any court of the land would hold
charges against a user for having multiple copies of the same windows
program on the same computer therefore you can have as many as you want on
the same computer and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Personally, I have 2 on mine and if Bill Gates doesn't like it he can kiss
my shiny metal ass.

PS If you want pass my IP onto your investigator jerk, he can use it to
trace me and try and stop me.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A Windows XP license can only be used on one (1)
computer. A second installation requires a second
license.

From the Windows XP EULA:

1.1 Installation and use. You may install, use, access,
display and run one copy of the Software on a single
computer, such as a workstation, terminal or other
device ("Workstation Computer"). The Software may not
be used by more than two (2) processors at any one
time on any single Workstation Computer.

Please read your End-User License Agreement by going
to Start > Run and type: WINVER , and hit enter. Then
click on "End-User License Agreement".

If you already have a retail copy of Windows XP, you can obtain
additional licenses for another computer or laptop by visiting the
following Microsoft Web site:
http://shop.microsoft.com/special/wal/walinfo.asp

You can install a legal copy of Windows 2000 in a Virtual
PC on a XP desktop as long as the W2K license is not
being used on any other PC.

Microsoft Virtual PC 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Sarge" wrote:

| Hello,
|
| I hope I can get some sort authoritative answers to my questions,
| preferably from Microsoft themselves.
|
| I have some poorly written suspect software that I want to run that
| requires me to run it as Administrator. Since I don't trust any software
| that forces me to do that, I want to put it in its own sandbox in a
| virtual machine.
|
| 1. According to the Windows XP EULA, even though I have a fully legal
| instance of Windows XP Professional Upgrade Retail license installed on
| my desktop, I do not have the right to also install and run this same
| copy of XP in a Virtual PC environment on the same desktop. Is there any
| way to do this with XP? It seems real burdensome to have to go spend
| another $300 for an XP full license just for running in a virtual
machine
| on an already licensed install of XP.
|
| 2. Failing that, can I install a legal copy of Windows 2000 in a virtual
| machine on the XP desktop?
|
| 3. If #2 is doable, can I create more than one image of the same Windows
| 2000 CD install if I am only running one instance of it at any one time?
| The EULA seems a bit vague on this, talking about "installed, displayed,
| accessed, or run" which means that if I have multiple images, I should
be
| able to run one of them at any time since I am not running them
| concurrently.
|
| I really want to be a legal user here, and would appreciate any
| assistance with this.
|
| Thanks in advance.


.

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