speaking of using windows illegally

newguy5 · 01-19-2007, 12:05 AM

if you have a registered, paid for version of windows xp but want to install it on a different computer in your house, can you?

the ONLY reason i ask is because the last time i re-installed my copy of windows i couldn't activate online, so i had to call microsoft and they asked me how many computers it was installed on in the house. seems so simple to say no and they would give you the activation number, so if you said yes would they be okay with it?

Bootup05 · 01-19-2007, 12:37 AM

No.

You need to buy another liscence.

**SFR** · 01-19-2007, 02:07 AM

Bootup05 is correct.

You need to purchase another license of Windows XP.

01-19-2007, 12:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
newguy5 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dallas, Tx Age: 25 Posts: 1,021	speaking of using windows illegally if you have a registered, paid for version of windows xp but want to install it on a different computer in your house, can you? the ONLY reason i ask is because the last time i re-installed my copy of windows i couldn't activate online, so i had to call microsoft and they asked me how many computers it was installed on in the house. seems so simple to say no and they would give you the activation number, so if you said yes would they be okay with it?

01-19-2007, 12:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
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SFR SUPER MODERATOR Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: San Diego, USA Age: 24 Posts: 3,909	Bootup05 is correct. You need to purchase another license of Windows XP. __________________ 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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