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Jeff AMN:
Well, I decided to go ahead and buy another copy of XP for my cabinet. In the end, it should be for the best.

langdoguk:
Are you not allowed to run the same version of xp on two computers at the same time , I mean if you own them both and there in the same house ?
Just asking as I'm not familiar with all the copyright etc.
Not that I would without checking  ;)

BobA:
Use tiny XP  see the info in the nLited thread.  It loads fast and uses minimal memory.

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: langdoguk on March 17, 2007, 05:03:50 am ---Are you not allowed to run the same version of xp on two computers at the same time , I mean if you own them both and there in the same house ?
Just asking as I'm not familiar with all the copyright etc.
Not that I would without checking  ;)

--- End quote ---
Not legally.  

You could legally (I think, using an system builders or retail or volume license version, but not a manufacturer's version that shipped with the PC) wipe one of them and install XP on the other, then wipe it and re-install XP on the first one, but even that would be very hard to authorize with XP's current activation scheme.  (You would have to install it, activation would fail, you would have to call and explain what you are doing - actually, it is licensed to the specific PC, so instead of telling them that you wanted to swap PC's that it was installed on, you would have to tell them that it was actually the same PC but you replaced the case, motherboard, CPU, hard drive, Power Supply, ram, etc., and then that you did all that again when you switched back, etc.)

langdoguk:
Cheers , no wonder Bill's worth a few quid  :cheers:
Bet he's not got a  MAME cab yet  :applaud: just a couple of daft Islands and a few billion , BORING ! :'(

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