How Many Times Can I Use my XP CD

concord421 · 01-06-2006, 05:37 AM

hey guys, i bought windows xp home last year for my computer i had just built, well my cousin just built a computer and needs windows XP, if he installs it, uses my cd key and activates it will there be any consequences like no more upgade info or hardware changes, because i know if u install a pirated xp and your hard drive is bigger then 130 (like mine) you dont get the full amount of space

thanks

**SFR** · 01-06-2006, 06:08 AM

Unless you bought a multiple license CD (which it seems you did not), you can only use the CD to install a single copy of Windows XP.

That means you cannot install XP on your cousin's machine.

01-06-2006, 05:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
concord421 New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4	How Many Times Can I Use my XP CD hey guys, i bought windows xp home last year for my computer i had just built, well my cousin just built a computer and needs windows XP, if he installs it, uses my cd key and activates it will there be any consequences like no more upgade info or hardware changes, because i know if u install a pirated xp and your hard drive is bigger then 130 (like mine) you dont get the full amount of space thanks

01-06-2006, 06:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
SFR SUPER MODERATOR Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego, USA Age: 24 Posts: 3,929	USE the Search Engine Unless you bought a multiple license CD (which it seems you did not), you can only use the CD to install a single copy of Windows XP. That means you cannot install XP on your cousin's machine. __________________ The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. ~Sydney J. Harris I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere. What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left. ~Oscar Levant Relax, its only Ones and Zeros

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