windows xp pro 1 1-2 cpu?

tolentinopol

hello!

i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
says 1-2 cpu?

tnx

Juan Perez

Hi:

Maybe someone could post here a better explanation of the EULA of MS.
Basically when it says 1-2 cpu means that you are licensed to use the
software, in a computer with 1 or 2 CPU in the same box. Also if it is a OEM
version, basically means that you can use this license, just in same box it
comes.


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Un saludo
Juan Perez

"tolentinopol" <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:04F2EB5F-A9C4-48AC-9A9C-2B5849A3C02E@microsoft.com...
> hello!
>
> i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
> just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that
> is
> generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
> says 1-2 cpu?
>
> tnx

Bob I

tolentinopol wrote:

> hello!
>
> i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
> just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
> generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
> says 1-2 cpu?
>
> tnx

NO, the CPU is the little square chip inside the case. You may have 2
CPUs on the same motherboard. What you are calling a CPU is correctly
refereed to as a computer, and ONE license per computer is what is required.

Gary S. Terhune

No, the license limits the number of CPUs (which number varies for various
versions of Windows.) You can easily exceed the number of CPUs covered by
your license on a single computer. Note that these are physical CPUs. A dual
or quad core CPU counts as one CPU.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Bob I" <birelan***********> wrote in message
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> NO, the CPU is the little square chip inside the case. You may have 2 CPUs
> on the same motherboard. What you are calling a CPU is correctly refereed
> to as a computer, and ONE license per computer is what is required.
>

Ken Blake, MVP

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:50:02 -0700, tolentinopol
<tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> hello!
>
> i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
> just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
> generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
> says 1-2 cpu?



No, you can not do this.

You are misusing the word "CPU" to mean "computer." A "CPU" is a chip
on the motherboard, *within* the computer. Windows XP Professional
(but not XP Home) can run on a computer that has two CPUs on the
motherboard.

In no case can a single XP license be used on more than one *computer*
(except for a volume license).

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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tolentinopol

ok. thank you for all your replies this greatly help me

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:50:02 -0700, tolentinopol
> <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > hello!
> >
> > i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
> > just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
> > generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
> > says 1-2 cpu?
>
>
>
> No, you can not do this.
>
> You are misusing the word "CPU" to mean "computer." A "CPU" is a chip
> on the motherboard, *within* the computer. Windows XP Professional
> (but not XP Home) can run on a computer that has two CPUs on the
> motherboard.
>
> In no case can a single XP license be used on more than one *computer*
> (except for a volume license).
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

Ken Blake, MVP

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:56:01 -0700, tolentinopol
<tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> ok. thank you for all your replies this greatly help me


You're welcome. Glad to help.


> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:50:02 -0700, tolentinopol
> > <tolentinopol@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > hello!
> > >
> > > i have a friend who have bought a Compaq desktop with a OEM sticker and i
> > > just wanna ask if i can install the product key to another cpu? one that is
> > > generic cpu? is it possible? will windows accept the product key since it
> > > says 1-2 cpu?
> >
> >
> >
> > No, you can not do this.
> >
> > You are misusing the word "CPU" to mean "computer." A "CPU" is a chip
> > on the motherboard, *within* the computer. Windows XP Professional
> > (but not XP Home) can run on a computer that has two CPUs on the
> > motherboard.
> >
> > In no case can a single XP license be used on more than one *computer*
> > (except for a volume license).
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
> >

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