Re:Thank you wood man and De Phantom
This makes sense. Standing alone, and not being experienced, I couldn't figure this part of the EULA out.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
The point of allowing "Downgrade software" is for companies that buy new hardware which comes w/ XP…but they want to continue using W2K for their particular applications.
This way those companies can reformat the machines, and install from their existing media, and still be correctly licensed. This also allows those companies to upgrade their fleet to XP whenever they want, without having to worry about licensing issues.
guy is correct. For example, we can no longer buy Windows 2000 server licenses, but only Wiindows 2003 server. However, we are not ready to upgrade our servers to 2003 so we install from our existing media of Windows 2000 software. Perfectly legal and is the intent of the "downgrade" clause in the EULA.
Re:The point of allowing "Downgrade software" is for companies that buy new hardware which comes w/ XP…but they want to continue using W2K for their particular applications.
This way those companies can reformat the machines, and install from their existing media, and still be correctly licensed. This also allows those companies to upgrade their fleet to XP whenever they want, without having to worry about licensing issues.
Re:Are you asking me what the Windows XP Pro EULA means?
I guess I want to know, in practical terms. what the EULA permits or disallows.
I"ve edited my original post to stike out "COA" because the COA is different from the EULA.
Re:Correct. How does this even involve the XP EULA then?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
from the manufacturer.
All of this may be avoided by buying a license to the legacy software in question.
Unless one already owns a license to the legacy (Windows 98SE or Windows 2000) software. Correct?
Re:This specifically denies you the right to dual boot.
If you exercise the downgrade rights
granted herein, you may install, use, access, display
and run the Microsoft Windows XP Professional
SOFTWARE, provided (1) you remove the Downgrade
Software from your hard drive;
The same applies to two separate machines as well. One license means one license; you can only have installed one copy of one of the applicable OSes installed at a time. Furthermore, a copy of any of the legacy versions you are allowed to install, upon doing so, automatically comes under the terms of the EULA from which this is excerpted. Additionally, the COA for the XP Pro must have come originally bundled with a system from the manufacturer.
All of this may be avoided by buying a license to the legacy software in question.
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