Obtaining multiple licences for Windows XP Pro

Hootie19

We (well, my OH!) needs to obtain at least three licences to run Windows XP Pro. He has spent ages this morning looking online at where/how etc and has found it very confusing.

Has anyone got a clear idea of how/where etc is the best place to do this? We need at least three licences.

He's found XP Pro for £275, which will only have one licence with it, and obviously we'd like to spend as little as possible on licencing all three machines.

chuckles1066

Hootie19 wrote:

We (well, my OH!) needs to obtain at least three licences to run Windows XP Pro. He has spent ages this morning looking online at where/how etc and has found it very confusing.

Has anyone got a clear idea of how/where etc is the best place to do this? We need at least three licences.

He's found XP Pro for £275, which will only have one licence with it, and obviously we'd like to spend as little as possible on licencing all three machines.

The "licence" itself is no longer the media but the small, hologrammed COA that is affixed to the side of each machine.

These can be purchased fairly cheaply from Ebay..........you can use the same CD to install XP Pro onto the various machines and it's all perfectly legal.

BTW, an OEM version of XP Pro should cost you less than 1/3 of the price you've mentioned?

Mr_Skint_2

Hootie19 wrote:

We (well, my OH!) needs to obtain at least three licences to run Windows XP Pro. He has spent ages this morning looking online at where/how etc and has found it very confusing.

Has anyone got a clear idea of how/where etc is the best place to do this? We need at least three licences.

He's found XP Pro for £275, which will only have one licence with it, and obviously we'd like to spend as little as possible on licencing all three machines.

You will either per seat or per session Licences.
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/howtoacquire.mspx

Mr_Skint_2

chuckles1066 wrote:

These can be purchased fairly cheaply from Ebay..........you can use the same CD to install XP Pro onto the various machines and it's all perfectly legal.

Oh no it isnt thats totally illegal.

Hootie19

Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry to be really dense, but could you tell me in very easy steps what I have to do?

(Maybe I should have said in my OP that we were originally running an - ahem - illegal copy of XP and Microsoft have now sussed it out on the laptop, although the main PC seems to be ok. I suspect though that it's only a matter of time before they cotton on to the main pc. We therefore want to "go legal", and will want to put XP Pro on the main pc, the laptop and at least one, probably two other PCs.)

OH has looked at buying XP Pro with mutliple licences but couldn't see anything on the microsoft site on how to buy one copy of XP Pro and then obtain licenses to use it on various computers.

And (another embarassed face) can you tell me what COA and OEM are?

Mr_Skint_2

Hootie19 wrote:

Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry to be really dense, but could you tell me in very easy steps what I have to do?

(Maybe I should have said in my OP that we were originally running an - ahem - illegal copy of XP and Microsoft have now sussed it out on the laptop, although the main PC seems to be ok. I suspect though that it's only a matter of time before they cotton on to the main pc. We therefore want to "go legal", and will want to put XP Pro on the main pc, the laptop and at least one, probably two other PCs.)

OH has looked at buying XP Pro with mutliple licences but couldn't see anything on the microsoft site on how to buy one copy of XP Pro and then obtain licenses to use it on various computers.

And (another embarassed face) can you tell me what COA and OEM are?

Expect this thread to be closed...... You cannot discuss illegal stuff :rolleyes:

chuckles1066

Mr_Skint wrote:

Oh no it isnt thats totally illegal.

nope, as long as each machine has its own separate COA, its perfectly legal.

Why do you assume it's illegal?

Mr_Skint_2

chuckles1066 wrote:

nope, as long as each machine has its own separate COA, its perfectly legal.

Why do you assume it's illegal?

Sorry you are 100% wrong, Post 5

chuckles1066

Mr_Skint wrote:

Sorry you are 100% wrong, Post 5

enlighten me as to why?

Hootie19

Mr_Skint wrote:

Expect this thread to be closed...... You cannot discuss illegal stuff :rolleyes:

Sorry, I had added my repy before I read your post saying it's illegal.

Mr_Skint_2

Case in Point Bousefield Printers Longwell Green Bristol fined £65000.00 for not having
the proper Multi Licence User permissions as per seat and per session or either
also you will have to get a Mukti User disc from a MS outlet, its different
to XP pro and Home.