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On Mon, 17 May 2010 20:50:11 +0100, brillo wrote:

> Iwas setting up 3 computers with XP
> after clearing hard disks to start again
>
> In error I have ended up using same licence
> on two different computers , do i have to
> fdisk and start all over again ?,,, too time consuming
> is there a way of chnageing licence code , easy and free ?

Who is going to know that a license code was put on a second machine?
It's your property, you can do with it as you desire.
How is microsoft going to find out you put the same code on 2 machines?
Hell, I've done it and not once nobody said a word about it.
Like how are they gonna know that code belongs to you to begin with? Unless
you registered the product.

Oh I know some idiots are gonna around now and say, "well you signed an
agreement to use the software on only one machine........blah blah
blah...".
Hell, if microsoft sued every one who did it, the courts would get sick and
tired of the crap real quick.

Just go on and quit worrying about it.



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yourself.
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richard wrote:

> brillo wrote:
>> Iwas setting up 3 computers with XP
>> after clearing hard disks to start again
>>
>> In error I have ended up using same licence on two different
>> computers , do i have to fdisk and start all over again ?,,, too
>> time consuming is there a way of chnageing licence code , easy and
>> free ?
>
> Who is going to know that a license code was put on a second machine?

Microsoft, every time the computers look for updates. Duh.

> It's your property, you can do with it as you desire. How is microsoft
> going to find out you put the same code on 2 machines?

Ah, so you don't know...

> Hell, I've done it and not once nobody said a word about it.

No, they know you're Richard the St00pid!

> Like how are they gonna know that code belongs to you to begin with?
> Unless you registered the product.

If you don't register it, you don't get updates.

> Oh I know some idiots are gonna around now and say, "well you signed an
> agreement to use the software on only one machine........blah blah
> blah...".

So, you're a lawbreaker...

> Hell, if microsoft sued every one who did it, the courts would get
> sick and tired of the crap real quick.

Hell, if everyone used a free operating system, there would be no need
to go to court.

> Just go on and quit worrying about it.

Right.

--
-bts
-Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul

On Mon, 17 May 2010 16:50:57 -0400, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> richard wrote:
>
>> brillo wrote:
>>> Iwas setting up 3 computers with XP
>>> after clearing hard disks to start again
>>>
>>> In error I have ended up using same licence on two different
>>> computers , do i have to fdisk and start all over again ?,,, too
>>> time consuming is there a way of chnageing licence code , easy and
>>> free ?
>>
>> Who is going to know that a license code was put on a second machine?
>
> Microsoft, every time the computers look for updates. Duh.
>
>> It's your property, you can do with it as you desire. How is microsoft
>> going to find out you put the same code on 2 machines?
>
> Ah, so you don't know...
>
>> Hell, I've done it and not once nobody said a word about it.
>
> No, they know you're Richard the St00pid!
>
>> Like how are they gonna know that code belongs to you to begin with?
>> Unless you registered the product.
>
> If you don't register it, you don't get updates.
>
>> Oh I know some idiots are gonna around now and say, "well you signed an
>> agreement to use the software on only one machine........blah blah
>> blah...".
>
> So, you're a lawbreaker...
>
>> Hell, if microsoft sued every one who did it, the courts would get
>> sick and tired of the crap real quick.
>
> Hell, if everyone used a free operating system, there would be no need
> to go to court.
>
>> Just go on and quit worrying about it.
>
> Right.

I've gotten updates regularly without registeration.

The "one license, one computer" rule is a scheme designed to soak you out
of your money. why do ya think they put a recovery partition on new
machines?

--
I learned my lesson well. You can't please everyone, so you got to please
yourself.
- Ricky Nelson from "Garden Party"

Evan Platt wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
> [RtS wrote:]
>>> Like how are they gonna know that code belongs to you to begin with?
>>> Unless you registered the product.
>>
>>If you don't register it, you don't get updates.
>
> Ahhh yes, forgot about that.

As I remember, they relaxed that a bit a coupla years ago. You'll get
most serious security updates, but nothing else.

> Obviously you can 'register' with fake information (Joe Smith, 1234
> Anywhere Street),

Hey! Do you live in my house??

> but they'll still know one license is installed on more than one
> computer.

Absolutely. Remember, too, an OEM copy can only be used on the computer
it came with.

--
-bts
-Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul

On Mon, 17 May 2010 17:03:28 -0400, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> Evan Platt wrote:
>
>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> [RtS wrote:]
>>>> Like how are they gonna know that code belongs to you to begin with?
>>>> Unless you registered the product.
>>>
>>>If you don't register it, you don't get updates.
>>
>> Ahhh yes, forgot about that.
>
> As I remember, they relaxed that a bit a coupla years ago. You'll get
> most serious security updates, but nothing else.
>
>> Obviously you can 'register' with fake information (Joe Smith, 1234
>> Anywhere Street),
>
> Hey! Do you live in my house??
>
>> but they'll still know one license is installed on more than one
>> computer.
>
> Absolutely. Remember, too, an OEM copy can only be used on the computer
> it came with.

Oh really? How is that other computer gonna know that?

--
I learned my lesson well. You can't please everyone, so you got to please
yourself.
- Ricky Nelson from "Garden Party"

richard wrote:

> The "one license, one computer" rule is a scheme designed to soak you
> out of your money.

Well, of course it is! You, of course, may remove Windows and use a
FOSS operating system if you wish. There is no registering and no money
involved. Might be just a bit beyond your skill level, though.

> why do ya think they put a recovery partition on new machines?

So that when it crashes, or is virused-up, you can 'recover' it to its
original state. You will *not* succeed in copying that partition to
another computer.

--
-bts
-Four wheels carry the body; two wheels move the soul

richard <> wrote in
news:122xftfdvqti6$.:

> On Mon, 17 May 2010 20:50:11 +0100, brillo wrote:
>
>> Iwas setting up 3 computers with XP
>> after clearing hard disks to start again
>>
>> In error I have ended up using same licence
>> on two different computers , do i have to
>> fdisk and start all over again ?,,, too time consuming
>> is there a way of chnageing licence code , easy and free ?
>
> Who is going to know that a license code was put on a second machine?

Microsoft. As soon as it goes to the internet to activate XP. Which is
just after it finishes installing. You can't even use it before then.
Not without some serious registry editing in safe mode anyways.



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On Mon, 17 May 2010 23:55:23 +0000, chuckcar writ:

> richard <> wrote in
> news:122xftfdvqti6$.:
>
>> On Mon, 17 May 2010 20:50:11 +0100, brillo wrote:
>>
>>> Iwas setting up 3 computers with XP
>>> after clearing hard disks to start again
>>>
>>> In error I have ended up using same licence on two different computers
>>> , do i have to fdisk and start all over again ?,,, too time consuming
>>> is there a way of chnageing licence code , easy and free ?
>>
>> Who is going to know that a license code was put on a second machine?
>
> Microsoft. As soon as it goes to the internet to activate XP. Which is
> just after it finishes installing. You can't even use it before then.
> Not without some serious registry editing in safe mode anyways.

You don't get 30 days to activate?

Gee they musta changed that.

Oh, wait!

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307890>

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richard wrote:
> Who is going to know that a license code was put on a second machine?
> It's your property, you can do with it as you desire.
> How is microsoft going to find out you put the same code on 2 machines?
> Hell, I've done it and not once nobody said a word about it.
> Like how are they gonna know that code belongs to you to begin with? Unless
> you registered the product.
>
> Oh I know some idiots are gonna around now and say, "well you signed an
> agreement to use the software on only one machine........blah blah
> blah...".
> Hell, if microsoft sued every one who did it, the courts would get sick and
> tired of the crap real quick.
>
> Just go on and quit worrying about it.

Bad advice. XP, along with lot of the newer software packages 'phone
home' to make sure they're legit. XP was one of the first OSes that did
this...well, that M$ said up front would phone home...

n0i

richard wrote:
> I've gotten updates regularly without registeration.
>
> The "one license, one computer" rule is a scheme designed to soak you out
> of your money. why do ya think they put a recovery partition on new
> machines?
>


Someone at some point in time had to activate Windows on your
computer. If they didn't, you would have to wipe/reload every 30 days.

n0i