[OT]Stupid XP question-

[txrocco@sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

all 3 of mine are networked. but then again i have XP
pro not the home version, aka corporate copy (grin)

--- Brian Haygood <red8716v@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> The computers have to be networked for there to be a
> problem, right?
> BH
>  Dan Smith <sad_rocc@veedub.com> wrote:Hrm, odd. I
> had 2 copies, the full and the update. Put one on my
> girlfriend's, one on a comp I built for someone and
> when I tried both on my dad's computer it said no.
> 
> Dan
> 
> --- Patrick Bureau wrote:
> >I have Xp pro on 3 computers at home, no problems
> so
> >far, been a year or so.
> >
> >
> >--- Dan Smith wrote:
> >> The registration key. XP (at least Pro, I assume
> the
> >> same is for Home) knows how many times the key
> has
> >> been used and will only let you use it once. If
> you
> >> do manage to get by that, you have to activate XP
> >> online, which send your reg. key to their
> database
> >> and checks it, making it so your copy won't be
> >> activated. This means after 30 or 45 days, you're
> OS
> >> is pretty much useless. I haven't used NT, but no
> >> other Windows OS does this. Unless you want to
> buy
> >> another copy or find some way around it (cracks
> can
> >> be found I believe) I can probably put win2k pro
> up
> >> on an ftp for you.
> >> 
> >> Dan
> >> 
> >> Alright, I have one copy of windows XP and two
> >> computers under the same roof. I know you're
> >> supposed to have one XP copy per computer, what
> is
> >> to prevent me from installing it on both?
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Rob
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>
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> >> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 
> >> From: Robbie Cotner 
> >> Subject: [OT]Stupid XP question-
> >> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:12:03 -0800 (PST)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Alright, I have one copy of windows XP and two
> >> computers under the same roof. I know you're
> >> supposed to have one XP copy per computer, what
> is
> >> to prevent me from installing it on both?
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Rob
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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