okay so i have two dell's one is running smoothly and uses xp sp1 and the other just had a new hard-drive put in and is supposed to run windows mellenium but dell didnt have the cd so they said to use the one i already had.. well my question is will the product key interfere and say windows is not genuine?
2007-02-03 16:15:31 · 4 answers · asked by topher4193 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
xp can only be validated on one pc at a time. However you can transfer your license if you have the Full Retail version from one computer to another. But to anwer your queston No you cannot validate the same copy of xp on more than one machine at the same time. It may initially validate but as soon as MS catches it it will become invalid. They make this very clear in the EULA that comes with windows Here is a link to xp pro eula. You will need acrbat to read it.http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20XP_Professional_English_9e8a2f82-c320-4301-869f-839a853868a1.pdf
2007-02-04 00:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by twopappa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guess you won't know until you try it, but it is my understanding that when you first install Windows, the product key and information about your PC are mixed together to form a new identification key. That is why someone would run into trouble when trying to install it on a second PC. Additionally, I don't think you could get updates and fixes. Can't you and Dell come up with another solution?
2007-02-03 16:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you recommend exterior hardisk,no difficulty.similar as inner hardisk you may installation XP on one and Vista on the different (it truly is somewhat reported).First installation the XP on your draw close hardisk (typically C:) than once you position in Vista that is going to ask you whichpersistent,pick the slave hardisk .After each and every thing is superb once you boot that is going to ask you to settle on which os you pick.earlier version of domicile windows wil be the XP.
2016-11-24 23:54:47 · answer #3 · answered by allegretto 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You will not be able to validate it on the second computer.
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2007-02-03 16:36:49 · answer #4 · answered by hitechsleuth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋