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How many licenses does a copy of XP Pro come with? 1
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jurgen36,
Sounds like a good plan. On its face the activation process of Microsoft sounds horribly invasive of personal privacy and difficult.
I had one machine with hard drive difficulties (my wife's machine no less) where HP the vendor kept sending brand new machines to repair the problem. I have lost track of how many times I moved the RAM, moved the hard drives, moved the peripherals, upgraded XP Home to Pro, etc. and the only question asked by a Micorosoft rep when called for a new activation request was: "This is the fifth time you have activated this PID number. I have no problem activating the acount, but I would have sold that computer through a newspaper ad or Ebay."
Sounds like a good plan. On its face the activation process of Microsoft sounds horribly invasive of personal privacy and difficult.
I had one machine with hard drive difficulties (my wife's machine no less) where HP the vendor kept sending brand new machines to repair the problem. I have lost track of how many times I moved the RAM, moved the hard drives, moved the peripherals, upgraded XP Home to Pro, etc. and the only question asked by a Micorosoft rep when called for a new activation request was: "This is the fifth time you have activated this PID number. I have no problem activating the acount, but I would have sold that computer through a newspaper ad or Ebay."
jungleworld
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Hi, guys, reading your discussion helps resolve many my confusions. But I got my own situation too...
I have a computer that was lent to me by my school. I installed Office XP Pro in it. But that computer has to be returned to my school sooner or later, can I remove that copy of Office XP and reinstall it on my own pc? Does that violate the licence agreement?
P.S. The product licence is an agreement between the microsoft corporation and my school.
I have a computer that was lent to me by my school. I installed Office XP Pro in it. But that computer has to be returned to my school sooner or later, can I remove that copy of Office XP and reinstall it on my own pc? Does that violate the licence agreement?
P.S. The product licence is an agreement between the microsoft corporation and my school.
jungleworld,
Can you or should you?
Your academic EULA essentially expires when you leave the university site.
Given all of your posts here, the wisest thing for you to do is become an MSDN member. There are a lot of advantages to someone like you, including a legitimate license to XP, the Office suite, and other software. For a modest cost, given your needs, this is a must subscription for you. There are several sites explaining the program, see if starting here helps:
Can you or should you?
Your academic EULA essentially expires when you leave the university site.
Given all of your posts here, the wisest thing for you to do is become an MSDN member. There are a lot of advantages to someone like you, including a legitimate license to XP, the Office suite, and other software. For a modest cost, given your needs, this is a must subscription for you. There are several sites explaining the program, see if starting here helps:
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