re: Question about 'How do I skip the Product Activation in Windows XP?'
Sunday, February 20, 2005 at 7:39 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE
(7096 messages posted)
After XP is installed and activated on computer A, it can be installed per se on
computer B but most likely the activation process will fail. After all, the purpose
of activation is to enforce the retail End User License Agreement (EULA) which (at
least in the USA) states that XP is only licensed to the End User to be run on one
computer at a time.
Once activation fails, the second installation of XP becomes operable only to the
extent that it will start and run for the purpose of conducting the activation procedure
and nothing else. If you were to purchase another copy of XP, you would be able
to activate computer B's installation with the product key obtained with the second
purchased copy, as long as the second is the same "flavor" (ie, Home Full, Home Upgd,
Pro Full, Pro Upgd) as the first.
The activation "freeze out" period is 120 days on the retail and OEM copies of XP
that I have used, which means that 120 days must elapse between the activation of
the copy (as represented by the product key) installed on computer A and the activation
of the same product key on computer B. You will still be in violation of the EULA.
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