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From: philo on 18 Jan 2010 16:26 Bruce Chambers wrote: > Beyond X wrote: >> Before purchasing a large-capacity external SATA or USB harddrive >> (such as 1 TB) and using it as a system drive, I want to know what >> will happen to Windows (e.g. XP) license because I intend to move >> around the system drive between more than one computers. > > > Then you're deliberatling planning on violating the EULA? Are you > also this dishonest when it comes to credit card contracts, mortgages, etc? > Sheesh man he was asking a question and got his answer. If he was planning on doing something dishonest I hardly think he'd ask first > >> (I understand that MS collects hardware information from the computer >> in which a Windows is installed and that license is tied to that >> particular computer hardware architecture. Since an "external" >> harddrive is meant to be moved from one computer to another, is it >> supposed to be used as a storage only?) > > > WinXP is explicitly designed so that it *CANNOT* be installed and > run from an external drive, primarily to prevent exactly the sort of > software piracy you're contemplating. > > >
From: Dirk T. Verbeek on 18 Jan 2010 16:46 Bruce Chambers schreef: > Beyond X wrote: >> Before purchasing a large-capacity external SATA or USB harddrive >> (such as 1 TB) and using it as a system drive, I want to know what >> will happen to Windows (e.g. XP) license because I intend to move >> around the system drive between more than one computers. > > > Then you're deliberatling planning on violating the EULA? Are you > also this dishonest when it comes to credit card contracts, mortgages, etc? Your real name must be Bill Gates or Steve Balmer. > > >> (I understand that MS collects hardware information from the computer >> in which a Windows is installed and that license is tied to that >> particular computer hardware architecture. Since an "external" >> harddrive is meant to be moved from one computer to another, is it >> supposed to be used as a storage only?) > > > WinXP is explicitly designed so that it *CANNOT* be installed and > run from an external drive, primarily to prevent exactly the sort of > software piracy you're contemplating. It might be designed that way, it probable is. And it's rather mean. You buy a licence to run an OS, why should the seller have the right to tell you on which computer you use your paid for licence? As long as it's a single instance at a time it shouldn't be any business of them! Better migrate to something free and by doing so have the experience of a virus-free world. > > >
From: Tony's Thoughts on 23 Jan 2010 15:34 I think windowsPE can be run from a flash drive why not try it on your external drive. Just google it and give it a try. "Beyond X" <do-not-mail(a)pop.com> wrote in message news:4B52C96B.8090902(a)pop.com... > Before purchasing a large-capacity external SATA or USB harddrive (such as > 1 TB) and using it as a system drive, I want to know what will happen to > Windows (e.g. XP) license because I intend to move around the system drive > between more than one computers. > (I understand that MS collects hardware information from the computer in > which a Windows is installed and that license is tied to that particular > computer hardware architecture. Since an "external" harddrive is meant to > be moved from one computer to another, is it supposed to be used as a > storage only?)
From: ANONYMOU S on 23 Jan 2010 20:09
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message news:uzNHaXFmKHA.2680(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > Then you're deliberatling planning on violating the EULA? Are you also > this dishonest when it comes to credit card contracts, mortgages, etc? > Religious bigot is on it again. His membership of the Pig Society must be coming for renewal soon. |