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Using the Windows XP I already got?
- Thread starter L6steel
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Because of the license you agreed to when you installed the programs the first time. The following is generalization as licenses do differ somewhat.
When you buy software, you generally don't buy it and own it. You enter into a contractual lease of sorts of the software. You pay a single fee to use it on one computer.
You can usually transfer the software to another user or computer as long as you erase your copy.
This is hard to enforce and has led to activating programs rather than just entering cryptic codes. Activation is where the program connects to the manufacturer and it ties that program to that specific computer. If you try to use the software on a different computer, it recognizes the license as locked to a different computer and won't activate it on the second computer.
However, some programs do allow you to use the same license on your desktop and on your laptop. But you'll have to read your license to see if you're allowed to do that.
You can buy license bundles more cheaply than buying multiple single user licenses and corporations do this.
For the home and student user, there is often freeware software to do mainstream jobs, usually better imho than the big corporate software.
Phil
When you buy software, you generally don't buy it and own it. You enter into a contractual lease of sorts of the software. You pay a single fee to use it on one computer.
You can usually transfer the software to another user or computer as long as you erase your copy.
This is hard to enforce and has led to activating programs rather than just entering cryptic codes. Activation is where the program connects to the manufacturer and it ties that program to that specific computer. If you try to use the software on a different computer, it recognizes the license as locked to a different computer and won't activate it on the second computer.
However, some programs do allow you to use the same license on your desktop and on your laptop. But you'll have to read your license to see if you're allowed to do that.
You can buy license bundles more cheaply than buying multiple single user licenses and corporations do this.
For the home and student user, there is often freeware software to do mainstream jobs, usually better imho than the big corporate software.
Phil
If you have the OS install disk, you "can", you're just not supposed to...
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While you can, doing so is also illegal and punishable by hefty fines.
If that OS is XP or Vista, it has to be activated so both your computers will only work for about another 30 days before they lock down into a useless mode: 30 minutes of Internet Explorer time per day.
Phil
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Huh? $129 for a single user license, $199 for a 5-user single-household license. Maybe you are thinking of OS X Server, the basic package allows for 10 clients... But that's a different sort of thing.
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If you're talking about the operating system itself, the license restrictions are nothing new really. It's always been illegal to pay for a single copy of Windows and install it on multiple machines. The difference is, now there are ways of enforcing software licenses.
There are ways around the modern activation processes (or so I've read) but is it worth it to save a measly $90?
There are ways around the modern activation processes (or so I've read) but is it worth it to save a measly $90?
That's true I believe with the full retail versions, but not true with the OEM licenses. An OEM license is assigned to a single specific computer and cannot be transfered. But the OEM versions generally cost less than the full retail versions, so it's a trade-off.
