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09-13-2002, 08:52 PM
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Legal?
Is it legal to install multiple XPs with the same CD key for home use only?
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09-13-2002, 09:02 PM
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Nope, it won't even allow you do to it due to the activation.
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09-13-2002, 09:02 PM
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hi
follow this thread.. http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...threadid=34323 and you'll see that it appears you can only use XP on 1 comp... any other comp you have must have another XP, new, cd for installation... |
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09-14-2002, 03:55 AM
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You can install XP on as many computers as you want with one disc. You'll have to purchase a license for each machine. Unfortunately the price break is very small. You can save some money by shopping around.
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09-14-2002, 05:29 AM
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HOCKEY FREAK
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well I know I will get yelled at but my freind used the same disk that i have and it stopped working after the 30 days and then he came back from vacation and just for the hell of it tryed to activate and it did......but we dont know how or my it did this...
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09-14-2002, 08:16 AM
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What? M$ just wants to make money. Bill gates is already rich. Why must he take money from the less fortunate? Lol.
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09-14-2002, 09:05 AM
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Less fortunate?? Am sure I speak for us all when I say .. Sir your lack of compassion startles us all .. the unfortunate soul has lost about $17billion US in 2 yrs
 We must all find in ourselves to give more...
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09-14-2002, 09:08 AM
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What does Fortune have to do with it, that implies that i am LUCKY to be able to purchase what i want. I work hard, have a good education and made good life decisions to get where i am. Luck had nothing to do with it.
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09-14-2002, 12:01 PM
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I don't understand what you just complied there Statica.
Well, money has a lot to do in life. I can buy almost all MS products, but for those who don't have jobs like younsters, they can't buy it. |
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09-14-2002, 06:49 PM
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Just kidding there Xion
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09-14-2002, 07:12 PM
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Xion
Is it OK if I steal from you if you're rich? Very few of us would go into a store and take something without paying for it. Yet many people think it's perfectly OK to bootleg software. It's really the same thing; it's stealing.
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09-14-2002, 07:59 PM
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Just a FYI, nothing to do with multi copies...
Did you know that the price of Mr. Gate's house is more than all the residences / homes of the adjacent counties Combined!!  TwoRails PS: My take on the subject? Starting with Win 98, I own 3 98's, one ME, and one XP. Does a Billionnare miss $2.00?? Of course not. Do they miss $2.00 X 10^7 ?? You bet. |
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09-14-2002, 08:01 PM
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Speaking of XP legalities
Hi All,
How does someone Legally change ownership of XP?? Thanks!  TwoRails EDIT: Opps..... This was suppose to be a new thread... Sorry... |
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09-14-2002, 10:20 PM
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do tell MS but nothing really will hapen....at least on the early XP versions
note: I do activate my OS and don't illegaly use it 
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09-15-2002, 02:52 AM
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"What? M$ just wants to make money"
Thats the general idea in any business and the goal of anyone looking to feed themselves and their families. |
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09-15-2002, 02:57 AM
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I look at it like this...I might have stood in the same room with Bill Gates and wished like hell my net worth was closer or far ahead of his...but irregardless I WON'T pick his pocket.
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09-15-2002, 01:25 PM
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well your not really making a big change to M$ profits i mean they are a billion dollar company
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09-15-2002, 01:44 PM
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I think this thread is leaning in the wrong direction,
it is only leagle to have one os per computer, each system must have its own copy of windows, thats the bottm line folks. |
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09-15-2002, 03:27 PM
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09-15-2002, 03:59 PM
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Put yourself in his shoes folks. When you steal MS software and justify it that your one little copy doesn't make a difference, remember, you and thousands others are saying the same thing and it's no longer a couple bucks outta his billions.
If I stole a single dollar from you personally, would you really be that upset? Now what if only 10% of the members here on PCM each stole a dollar from you.... how do you feel now?
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