dlaw,
It is legal to buy the OEM version otherwise I don't think Amazon.com would be advertising/selling it. I notice on *bay that those buyers selling OEM software have to "bundle it" with some hardware device to compy with the MS OEM selling rules, so they're including some worthless hardware item in the sale (ie, 32MB RAM chip, two-button mouse, functioning or nonfunctioning boards, etc).
Bill00,
I, too, got the XP Pro retail software for that UNBELIEVABLE price during last year's rollout, but what networking concerns should I have if I put the Home version on a 2nd computer? Is it possible, but just more difficult, or not possible at all?
BTW, YES!! That flashing red banner is VERY ANNOYING!!! I can't wait to get to the next webpage just to get rid of that dam* thing!