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One Windows 7 CD For Every PC?

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larrytucaz

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I have a Windows XP CD that installs on any machine without any problems, versus being specific to one machine. (I actually bought it here some years ago.) This is handy as I do sometimes have several machines I may set up (or one machine may be disposed of & a new machine takes its place, the new one uses the CD the old one used).

With Windows 7 activation being the way it is, is this now a thing of the past, to where I'd have to buy a Windows 7 CD for every single PC I have? I do sometimes get computers for cheap at garage sales or such & sometimes have to wipe them clear & start over. Other times it comes in a pretty good working state & I just system-image it with Acronis, enabling me to re-set it up if I have to replace the hard drive etc (or start over from a more "clean slate" position later on). This has been the case a few times with XP or 7 machines.

LRH
 
Your XP CD, doesn't it require a key for each machine? If it doesn't, if it just installs and that's it, no activation or entering a product key, then it's a bootleg disc. (Or VLK with pre-installed key, which is effectively bootleg as well.)

I ran into an issue recently, with a laptop with a legit product key stick on it, that wouldn't install with an XP SP3 OEM disc. So strange.

Edit: Cliffs is that MS requires that each PC have it's own valid license. You cannot "share" a license between PCs.
 
Well if you are only talking about the install media(cd) the no you do not necessarily need one for every machine.

But you do need a valid license like VirutalLarry said
 
Dahak said:
Well if you are only talking about the install media(cd) the no you do not necessarily need one for every machine.

But you do need a valid license like VirutalLarry said
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This. The specific physical media that you use doesn't matter. However, each PC must have it's own (unique) license key.
 
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