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Windows 7 installation

  • 07-12-2011 11:51pm
    #1
    CyberJuice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys

    i got a new pc a few months back and got windows 7 on it,i have the discs here with the windows 7 on them.im just wondering would it be possible for me to use this disk to put windows 7 onto the other 2 pcs in my house?1 of them is currently running vista and the other is xp

    can it be only on 1 pc at a time?im not sure if i load it onto another pc will that wipe it off my pc?


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  • #2
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    If it came pre-installed on the computer then the licence is for that machine only.

    Installing it on other computers would be a violation of the licence, also it probably wouldn't activate.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Microsoft license windows on a per machine basis, one machine one license
    90% of licenses are non-transferrable
    most of the rest are corporate volume licenses

    you can only transfer windows to another machine
    or if you have a retail upgrade license that did not upgrade an OEM license (in either case the upgraded license dies)
    if you have a full retail license

    I'm not even certain you can transfer a corporate license to a different company


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