Multiple Windows Installations?

Drakon · Feb 22, 2006, 02:12 PM

Ok, I've got this Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 installation cd that I bought from my campus and I've got it currently installed on 2 pc's (mine and my mom's). I would like to know if I'd be able to install it on a 3rd machine, because I'm thinking of buying a laptop with no OS installed, and using this cd to get windows...

Judas · Feb 22, 2006, 03:34 PM

technically your only aloud 1 copy per machine.....

but you may have got a multi liecenced varation... and i beleive it allows up to 3 machines on a single copy....

Only way to find out is to install it and find out

Drakon · Feb 22, 2006, 05:40 PM

Well yeah I know, but I'd like to find out before, so I could get the OS with the laptop if needed

g35x · Feb 22, 2006, 06:21 PM

well if installed on yours and your moms then i sopposed it will work on the laptop

Dyre Straits · Feb 22, 2006, 09:31 PM

I think I would conclude that if that one is installed and activated successfully on two machines, a third one would work, too. The worst that could happen is that you'd be given 30 days to activate it and if it didn't go through you'd have to pick up another Windows CD.

swimtech · Feb 25, 2006, 07:29 PM

Might be a good idea to ask at the campus where you purchased...

Educational licenses are all over the place, and can be/are negotiated campus by campus with Microsoft.

Feb 22, 2006, 02:12 PM	#1
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Multiple Windows Installations? Ok, I've got this Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 installation cd that I bought from my campus and I've got it currently installed on 2 pc's (mine and my mom's). I would like to know if I'd be able to install it on a 3rd machine, because I'm thinking of buying a laptop with no OS installed, and using this cd to get windows...

Feb 22, 2006, 06:21 PM	#4
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	well if installed on yours and your moms then i sopposed it will work on the laptop __________________

Feb 25, 2006, 07:29 PM	#6
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Might be a good idea to ask at the campus where you purchased... Educational licenses are all over the place, and can be/are negotiated campus by campus with Microsoft. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 22, 2006, 05:40 PM	Thread Starter #3
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Well yeah I know, but I'd like to find out before, so I could get the OS with the laptop if needed