Academic version of WinXP

[scalf]

Is the activation on the academic versions of XP the same as the retail or does Microsoft require you to produce documents. Also, is the lisence tied to the machine or the person?

 

[Nothinman]

Licenses vary from institution to institution, talk to someone at you school about the license agreement they have available.

 

[Lawranch]

Xp is tied to the machine, it has to be registered just lke retail.

 

[Lawranch]

Xp is tied to the machine, it has to be registered just lke retail.

 

[Nothinman]

Genreal XP is tied to the user unless it's OEM, but it can only be installed on 1 machine at a time. I would assume that any academic licenses would be the same, but I would still check before doing anything. And XP must be activated, not registered, there's a difference.

 

[mbackof]

The academic licenses I've seen both through commercial purchase or academic purchase, and purchase through a group license at the university require an activation code. I believe that it is tied to the machine and you need to get additional copies for additional machines.

 

[spamsk8r]

Both of the academic licenses that I have (XP Pro) have required activation, which blows, but eh its free.

 

[cy7878]

only corperate versions don't need activation.

 

[KeyserSoze]

My Academic Version does not require activation. Picked it up for $5. All MS CD's at our school were $5 a CD. Got Visual Studio .NET for $30!




KeyserSoze

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
My Academic Version does not require activation.

Well, neither does mine. I have it on three machines and have upgraded them all - so it is at least 6 different machines and activation has never been required.

 

[VirtualLarry]

There are different academic versions - some are individually licensed to the user, at an educational discount, and some are volume-licensed to the institution. Generally, the former cost more, but you can continue to use them after you leave, while the latter costs you as a student almost nothing, but technically the license is invalid after you leave the school. Also, the first most likely requires activation, just like other individual copies, and the second is "pre-activated" or doesn't otherwise require activation, like most site-license/VLK versions.

Of course, the actual license that you get and MS negotiated is what matters, I'm just mentioning the two most common cases that I've read about.

 

[StormRider]

Academic discounts and girls are two of the main reasons I missed school.

I'm taking evening classes for another masters but it's not the same....