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| 453479 | 2006-05-09 12:20:00 | Is it true that ONE copy of Windows XP Licence can be installed on a Desktop machine and on a Laptop as well? | bk T (215) | ||
| 453480 | 2006-05-09 14:12:00 | No. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 453481 | 2006-05-09 19:05:00 | Microsoft Product Support More info Private Bag 92630 Symonds Street Call Free 0800 800 004 ask the horse's mouth....... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 453482 | 2006-05-09 19:12:00 | Microsoft Office in some versions allow you to do that but not the operating system. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 453483 | 2006-05-09 19:47:00 | ah.......wrong.........*some* C.O.A XP stickers say 'liscensed for 2 cpu's' for example.........but if it doesnt say that then it aint ! | drcspy (146) | ||
| 453484 | 2006-05-09 21:12:00 | ah....wrong... that refers to a 2 cpu system not 2 systems. www.microsoft.com "Q. How does this licensing policy affect products such as Microsoft Windows XP Professional? A. Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Microsoft Windows XP Home are not affected by this policy as they are licensed per installation and not per processor. Windows XP Professional can support up to two processors regardless of the number of cores on the processor. Microsoft Windows XP Home supports one processor." |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 453485 | 2006-05-09 21:33:00 | k............gawd aint MS just the .......umm...hell......cant think of a word for a company that writes liscensing for machines depending on how many cpu's it has.........what next ?....... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 453486 | 2006-05-09 21:51:00 | k............gawd aint MS just the .......umm...hell......cant think of a word for a company that writes liscensing for machines depending on how many cpu's it has.........what next ?....... Never mind 2 CPUs. How greedy is the whole OEM thing. You must throw it away with your old PC. Why? So he can make more money. |
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| 453487 | 2006-05-09 22:02:00 | errrrrrrrr.........yeh.....thats the theory lol but in practise MS are pretty good if you just ring em and say.......'ah ....replaced the motherboard' lol they'll ok that no worries...... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 453488 | 2006-05-09 22:35:00 | errrrrrrrr.........yeh.....thats the theory lol but in practise MS are pretty good if you just ring em and say.......'ah ....replaced the motherboard' lol they'll ok that no worries...... So they darn well should let us upgrade a broken motherboard !! Replacing just the motherboard on a system is an entirely different kettle of fish to upgrading virtually the whole lot so that you have a new computer inside your old case, though. In my view it should be acceptable to be able to continue using the version of Windows you had previously if you upgrade nearly everything and retire or sell off the old parts. Eventually one has to upgrade to a later version of Windows anyway because the older version won't run on the new hardware so old Bill gets his way in the end. Not being able to use the same copy of Windows on two computers as the original poster is enquiring about is probably fair though. |
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