Win XP on multiple computers

[SWScorch]

I am thinking of upgrading to Win XP. Is it possible to use it on multiple computers as was with Win98? I've heard you have to call up MS or something like that to get a complementary activation number; is this still true? Can you install on more than one computer simultaneously?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Yes, you can install it on multiple computers just like you would with Windows 98. 1 computer per license of course.

Where have you been for the past 6 months?

 

[Slogun]

It's not legal to put any Windows OS on more than one computer, but here is a quote that attests to the theoretical possibility of accomplishing it:

"More importantly, WPA resets after 120 days, considering whatever you have to be the activated configuration. That means that after four months you can install XP on a second PC, activate it, and keep the first one operating without running afoul of WPA.

Doing so would violate the software license, but Microsoft is probably wise to cut us all some slack here. "

 

[corkyg]

I just finished my 4th go at getting XP Pro installed like I want it . . . and I will not "activate" it or register it until it is as close to a perfect setup as I can get. This is about what I have done:

WAP

WPA

It is also within Microsoft's policy to let you activate the same XP package on two computers provided one of them is your laptop. That has generally always been the case . . . it is legal to install the same registered OS on a desktop and latop owned by the same person, based on the premise that only one of those machines is used at a given time. In other words, you are home with one and one the road with the other. Microsoft allows this because the law allows it.

 

[Nothinman]

It is also within Microsoft's policy to let you activate the same XP package on two computers provided one of them is your laptop. That has generally always been the case . . . it is legal to install the same registered OS on a desktop and latop owned by the same person, based on the premise that only one of those machines is used at a given time. In other words, you are home with one and one the road with the other. Microsoft allows this because the law allows it.

Was. I'm pretty sure they stopped that a while back.

and I will not "activate" it or register it until it is as close to a perfect setup as I can get.

It's not hard to get a well working setup with NT, and this isn't Win9X that needs reloaded every 4 months so I have no idea what kind of problems you're having.