Windows XP Pro or home will only allow you to install it on ONE computer only. True or false?
You never really OWN XP, every year you have to pay to get it reactivated, or a upgrade, maintenence, or subcription fee(otherwise if you want to use it year after year, you have to keep paying for it) true or false?
If you decide to upgrade your graphic card, hard drive, memory XP goes stupid and won't work until you call Microsoft to get it reactivated(and maybe pay more money) True or false?
Truth, I do not believe XP the be al that and a bag of micro chips. I see it as a way to keep the consumer in their pocket by making sure all other older, totally free options are gone, and you have to keep paying them getting rooked like you do by the cable and oil companies. True or false.
When you install XP home or Pro you have to buy all new software because anything youhad that worked with Win 9X or 2000 won't work with XP. So, they get more money out of you. True or false?
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false, I have never made a single payment for Windows XP
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I've installed the same XP Pro SP2 CD on 5 different computers and registered all 5 of them, and never once had a problem. Microsoft should be familiar with the concept of a 4-5 person household so they don't really care. It's those serial keys that get plugged 10,000 times a day when they start to take action.
There are no monthly fees or dues of any kind. One down payment at the checkout counter and that's it. You possess your end user license agreement at that point forward. No tricks.
As long as your boot hard drive remains, XP will be there. There will be peripheral searches when installing hardware but that takes 20 seconds.
the licnese is for a single copy on one machine....not that there aren't ways around that
technically i paid for an oem license for win98 since it came installed on my first puter but that was about the last software purchase i've made. everything is available on p2p networks including keygens and activation workarounds
True. You can only install it one computer.
False. You don't have to pay to have to keep paying for it year after year to continue using it.
False. Upgrading your computer doesn't make XP go stupid. But you do have to make sure the hardware, software upgrade is compatible with XP.
True. In order to get people to upgrade their computer systems, Microsoft developed XP. Microsoft will no longer support older systems and hardware devices.
True. Some programs that worked in 9x or 2K will not work in XP. You will have to check to see if your programs will work with XP or not. This is due to the new file system XP uses.
I believe XP can be used on multiple computers.
However your concept of not owing XP is false. You do not have to reactivate it every year, nor do you have to pay a subscription fee or anything like that. The only thing you SHOULD do is keep it updated using the Windows Update feature. That doesn't cost anything. It comes with XP. Once you purchase a copy of XP, it is yours. You are not renting it or anything.
Only the first assertion is true of XP.
The second is partially true in as much as you do not actually own XP.
All is true of Vista but not XP.
With Vista It is one installation per computer.
You do have to pay a subscription fee for virus protection.
You can only activate it one time and if you make a hardware change you will have to buy another license.
It is engineered to become obsolete when Microsoft decides they want to make it obsolete. (aka. kill switch)
And it is not backward compatible with most software or drivers.
But that is Vista.
XP is actually a pretty good operating system.
It is prone Virus and Trojans and Spyware attacks but it is not all that bad.
1) All software (with the exception of free-ware or share-ware) is supposed to be, "one copy for each computer". However, there really is nothing that will "prevent" you from installing XP on more than one computer...especially in a home environment.
2) False. Whoever told you that is making sh*t up.
3) False. Good lord, where are you hearing this stuff? microsoftparanoia.com?
4) False. Again. What the hell are you talking about???? Buy it once. Install it once. You're done!
5) Okay. This is, at least, sort-of true. Most software that worked with previous versions of Windows (especially 9x versions) won't work with XP. Although, much of the Win 2000 software will....but not all of it.
You need a license key for each computer using XP. If it's a retail copy rather than one that came with the computer, you can transfer it to another computer as long as you no longer use it on the old one.
No, you don't have to pay each year to reactivate or upgrade. As long as you have the computer, its copy of XP belongs to it at no further cost.
You can upgrade your graphics card and memory with no problem. If you have an OEM version you may need to get it reactivated if you replace the motherboard, but there's no charge.
XP has a a compatibility mode option to allow older software to work if it doesn't work on XP out of the box. Some software won't, but most 98SE and 2000 software will.
Absolutely false. I don't know where you got your copy of windows, but I've never paid for anything from Microsoft. As a matter of fact, I've never experienced any of the things you listed.
A lot of questions. I will just say no. Now "VISTA" scan the computer hardware for about 5-7 things and make a log and this filed when you register. Then when you go to Microbutt it know it not on the correct computer, if you install on another, and here you go. I wonder how it work when a person does change a motherboard or HDD. Probably have to kiss the microbutt, but, should be able to re-activate.
If you buy a windows XP version you own a single license and with this license you can install and run it on a single computer, so your first statement is true.
Your second statement is false you do not have to keep repaying for a Windows activation.
You don not have to reactivate windows if you install a new graphics card, memory, hard drive, or such, but if you install a new motherboard you may have to reactivate it.
Old software does need updating if you upgrade to windows XP, so this means you will have to buy new software, or obtain new drivers for devices.
