Blairgowrie Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 How many home PC's can you install Windows XP on from the same product number? Or is it one pc per one licence? Quote
sged Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 I think it is one pc BG.... I had to call to MS because my product# was no good no more, after I re-installed my windows stuff, due to a bug....they asked me why I needed a new #....be prepared dude, they are very suspicious...mwoohahahaha.... Quote
Psycho Posted July 10, 2006 Posted July 10, 2006 BILL GATES IIIIIIIIS the anti-christ!! :diabloanifire: Quote
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted July 10, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 10, 2006 I can confirm it is one PC per licence, unless you have the corporate version Quote
Blairgowrie Posted July 10, 2006 Author Posted July 10, 2006 Dang! Helen's PC has a hack copy of Windows on it and she is getting ominous messages from Microshaft saying" You may be a victim of a counterfeit version of Windows. Just click here and buy a legal copy." Quote
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted July 10, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 10, 2006 Dang! Helen's PC has a hack copy of Windows on it and she is getting ominous messages from Microshaft saying" You may be a victim of a counterfeit version of Windows. Just click here and buy a legal copy." I read that the 'Legal copy' MS refer to is a discounted price. Also they are unlikely to take any action, at this time. However critical udates may be withheld... Shame I didn't get to fly last night, family decided it was more important that I shared their company so my Father, Brother and his daughter decsended upon us... Quote
JensenPark Posted July 11, 2006 Posted July 11, 2006 I know of someone who runs two off of the same license...and never had a problem validating them on=line etc. Someone very close to me.. :wink: From talking with Quaz (king of reformatting and re-installing) once in a while you may have to call in and get your validation 'released' - but you just have to say you were reformatting... this happened to me actually with Norton. Was real simple. Quote
Blairgowrie Posted July 11, 2006 Author Posted July 11, 2006 Good point JP. How would Microshaft know which computer you were reformatting as long as you didn't do them as often as Quazi does.. Quote
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted July 11, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 11, 2006 Good point JP. How would Microshaft know which computer you were reformatting as long as you didn't do them as often as Quazi does.. Well each one has a unique ID that the MS software creates based on the major components. If this data is then loaded into a database that the activation checks it will be quite clear that there are two or more machines using the same serial. This is what the 'Genuine Advantage' software does... Quote
JensenPark Posted July 11, 2006 Posted July 11, 2006 Good point JP. How would Microshaft know which computer you were reformatting as long as you didn't do them as often as Quazi does.. Well each one has a unique ID that the MS software creates based on the major components. If this data is then loaded into a database that the activation checks it will be quite clear that there are two or more machines using the same serial. This is what the 'Genuine Advantage' software does... or so they say? It hasn't affected me...er...I mean my friend. Quote
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted July 11, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 11, 2006 Indeed JP. As I also said above, they currently are not enforcing it yet... Downside is you can't get all that groovy and useful free software for 'Genuine Advantage Verified PCs' like the ...erm... Advanced Calculator and, erm....Oh yeah. That's it Quote
JensenPark Posted July 11, 2006 Posted July 11, 2006 Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Total posts: 475 [11.42% of total / 3.10 posts per day] holy cow...you're at 11 1/2 percent of all posts! Quote
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted July 11, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Posted July 11, 2006 Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Total posts: 475 [11.42% of total / 3.10 posts per day] holy cow...you're at 11 1/2 percent of all posts! Hmmm. Time I got a life methinks Quote
Blairgowrie Posted July 15, 2006 Author Posted July 15, 2006 I have now been able to find a "solution" to the Microshaft validation thing. PM me if you want details. Quote
Quazi Posted July 16, 2006 Posted July 16, 2006 Well, reformatting as much as I have before making a mobo change required me to call in and get Windows activated each time. After installing the new mobo and reinstalling Windows, it activated all by itself. Really strange. Of all the hardware upgrades one can make to cause one to reformat, installing a new mobo is, in the eyes of Microsoft, cause for one to purchase another copy of Windows as they consider it a new build\computer. So I wasn't expecting my copy of Windows to activate. Actually, because of what Rog posted above, I was expecting to call in for a new activation code and be told I had to purchase a new copy of Windows because there had been a major hardware change in my system. But it wasn't and I am not complaining. That just saved me 15 or 20 minutes on the phone with someone from India trying to communicate and understand each other. And with any luck, my reformatting so often is over. Hopefully, I will be able to go back to my every 6 months clean install routine. Quote
Blairgowrie Posted July 16, 2006 Author Posted July 16, 2006 I think my solution will mean that you never have to call Microshaft. Quote
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