Run 2 Win 7 pcs with one licence ?

WyattWhiteEagle said:

No, the policy hasn't changed from the previous revision.

Windows activation is important. If Windows isn't activation then Windows will become full of nagging notices or become usable. someone mentioned that earlier in the thread.

Registering Windows can't be done without activating Windows.

Activating Windows is almost an absolute requirement, but registering Windows seems to continue being only a recommended option.

This is what ties the Product Key to one machine. As to registering, I've never registered win 7 and have received all updates.

Hmmm, I believe there are some who aren't wanting the OP's question truly answered

WyattWhiteEagle said:

Hmmm, I believe there are some who aren't wanting the OP's question truly answered

Is this directed to me? If so, can you explain what you mean?

WyattWhiteEagle said:

No, the policy hasn't changed from the previous revision.

Windows activation is important. If Windows isn't activated then Windows will become full of nagging notices or become unusable. Someone mentioned that earlier in the thread.

Registering Windows can't be done without activating Windows.

Activating Windows is almost an absolute requirement, but registering Windows seems to continue being only a recommended option.

And both hers and mine have a COA sticker on the bottom with different numbers :)
Both are running Genuine Windows.

WyattWhiteEagle said:

Hmmm, I believe there are some who aren't wanting the OP's question truly answered

msalton1 said:

Is this directed to me? If so, can you explain what you mean?

No, that wasn't directed to any one person. It's just that Microsoft would rather have everyone believing that 1 Windows license cannot be used on multiple machines and that's a myth that Microsoft would rather everyone believe.

The COA sticker on my fiance's laptop is unreadable, so I used my unregistered COA product key to run Genuine Windows on both our machines. We can have both machines online as well. No hassle at all from Microsoft or our comps :)

WyattWhiteEagle said:

No, that wasn't directed to any one person. It's just that Microsoft would rather have everyone believing that 1 Windows license cannot be used on multiple machines and that's a myth that Microsoft would rather everyone believe.

That's been my impression. I'm assuming you're alluding to a legal way to run multiple machines on one license? How so?

RoWin7 said:

Go back to the OP. I'm totally confused and will check this out when I'm ready to set up my 3rd machine.

Experience is most times the best teacher. I believed the myth until I tried it :)

WyattWhiteEagle said:

Legal, absolutely legal and allowed.

An unregistered COA product key can be successfully used to activate Windows on multiple machines. Microsoft allows the same product key to be used successfully on 4 additional machines. Depending on what you say when you call the automated Windows activation hotline concerning how many computers that Windows has been installed on. If you always say its been installed on none or 1, then there is no hassle and Windows becomes activated on all machines it is used on. All are able to be online at the same time.

Registering Windows renders this impossible and thus restricts it to no more than 5 machines.

(I have successfully used the same product key on more than 50 computers both laptops and tower pc's.)

I guess that's why I'm unaware of it. I built all of my machines with retail copies of Win 7 pro, so no COA involved.