How many copies of WinME for home network?

[anandfan]

I have 3 machines networked at home. I installed one copy of Win98 on all 3 machines (ie, didn't buy 3 copies of Win98). Is this still possible with WinME? I suspect that MS will close this loophole some time soon...

 

[Ausm]

I think it is possible but not legal..

Ausm

 

[Spiff]

There is no practical way to prevent people from doing this. In fact it would create a nightmare for businesses that buy one copy and purchase thousands of licenses. MS' update web site cannot track this either for similar reasons. No they cannot use MAC addresses or IP Addresses... these things change.

However, 1 purchased copy/license on 3 systems does violate the license agreement. Not passing judgement, but this is a simple fact. A fact that extends to the majority of software published, including games. This is not new and in fact has existed for years in those lenghty license agreements that 99% of people don't read.

 

[anandfan]

Actually, I do have one program which checked the other machines for copies (Virtual Drive by Farstone). For a modest cost, they provided a multiple CPU license.

 

[Viztech]

Interesting that you mention Far Stone's Virtual Drive and the fact that it queries the network for other copies with the same serial number.

I ran into the same issue. In fact, Virtual Drive is the only shareware that I have ever paid for, and worth every penny.

viz

 

[vcarpio]

WinME works great on my home network. Installed WinME on 2 PCs, one with Diamond HomeFree and one with Intel Anypoint phoneline card. I'm using Wingate 3.0 for ICS.

Anyone knows if WinGate has any advantage over Windows ICS?

 

[AMB]

I have one copy installed on three computers, although, you are only meant to install it on one