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Using a windows install disk more than once

Seifer · 2008-12-29 17:35:40

Tried googling around but didn't find anything concrete. If I have my copy of windows xp installed and activated on one pc and I try to install and then activate it on another one, what will happen? Will it let me do it? If not, what will happen?

29-12-2008 6:35pm

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Seifer

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Tried googling around but didn't find anything concrete.
If I have my copy of windows xp installed and activated on one pc and I try to install and then activate it on another one, what will happen?
Will it let me do it? If not, what will happen?

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#2 29-12-2008 6:52pm

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I'm not very sure about that. But I'm under the impression that if the Microsoft Servers that handle updates etc. detect the same license twice it will remove Genuine Advantage for the older installation.

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#3 29-12-2008 6:54pm

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Pretty much what overheal said, you need to activate it via the net and when it picks up that its been used twice it will lock up the one connected to the net at that point, what will happen is the os wont load so one computer will be unusable until you nuke it

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