Using XP on your laptop and desktop, question

[Toro 45]

I've heard you can use xp on your desktop and laptop. Do you need to have a full retail copy or can I do it with my xp home disc that came with my Dell desktop?

 

[secretanchitman]

i highly doubt it...im willing to bet that the winxp cd that came with your dell will only work on THAT dell and no other computer. if it does work on other machines, i will personally fly to the grand canyon and jump off it.

i think you need to buy a seperate copy...but try first if the cd from dell works.

edit: spelling mistakes...

 

[Toro 45]

Pack your chute

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
i highly doubt it...im willing to bet that the winxp cd that came with your dell will only work on THAT dell and no other computer. if it does work on other machines, i will personally fly to the grand canyon and jump off it.

i think you need to buy a seperate copy...but try first if the cd from dell works.

edit: spelling mistakes...

The dell cd's work on all Dell computers.

 

[Looney]

At one time you could... you would just need to call into MS to validate it, but it worked. Now you can't though (since of this week actually!).

 

[Toro 45]

So you can no longer use the same OS/disc on your desktop and lappy as of this week?

 

[Looney]

Technically you couldn't before either. But you could get around the validation by calling into MS. But with their new WGA program, you can't... well, im' sure there are hacks if you look around.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
i highly doubt it...im willing to bet that the winxp cd that came with your dell will only work on THAT dell and no other computer. if it does work on other machines, i will personally fly to the grand canyon and jump off it.

i think you need to buy a seperate copy...but try first if the cd from dell works.

edit: spelling mistakes...

i dunno i have a dell branded XP Pro disk. my college bought a boat load of new dells but isntalled win 2000 instead, leaving a create full of XP Pro discs.

well me n lads helped our selves (we were in good with the IT man, and he say yes)

he didnt give us cd-keys though, not that it was a problem....pen + paper and get looking at the stickers on the new computers. ive used it on 2 machines multiple times, though now i have no idea where the disc is, or the codes and the 2 computers i had cease to exist. (i have the motherboard from one, the other rig went in the garage to collect dust)


legit copy of xp pro on this machine though....didnt wanna taint this beautiful machine


edit: i see that as of this week MS has caught on to this and has that patch thing to tell you if your windows is legit or not

 

[Injury]

It is against the EULA to do this.

Even though it's possible on some occasions, you'll likely screw yourself over when you can't run Windows Update later on down the road.

 

[Toro 45]

I'm really not intrested in getting around it. Been a year or two but I remember hearing that you could do this and it was completely legit.

 

[mechBgon]

I believe you're thinking of Microsoft Office. The retail versions of Office allow you to simultaneously have it installed on your desktop system and also your laptop, assuming your laptop is primarily for your use when you're away from your desktop. Not sure about the OEM version of Office. But it's never been that way for Windows.

I've seen people who look at the COA sticker for Win2000 or WinXP Professional Edition, and they're all "oh, for 1-2 CPUs" and they think "CPU" means a whole computer, not a little square thing that goes in a socket on the motherboard. What's that they say about the word "assume...?"

 

[Toro 45]

That could have been what I was thinking, thanks for clearing it up.