[Elecraft] Windows XP

[Don Wilhelm]

DW,

Just walk through the authorization steps - if you don't have an 
internet connection, use the phone.
I have done it many times.  The only thing they want to know is how many 
machines your copy is running on - if the answer is 1, they will 
authorize it.  It sometimes takes a bit of effort, but it gets the job 
done - and legally.

I have done it several times when a motherboard or hard drive has died - 
in addition to my own 5 XP machines, I maintain 10 XP computers on our 
church network, and I have had to re-load XP several times over the past 
few years - the process may be a bit lengthy, but never any real problem.

While Ubuntu is a viable alternative, there are several applications 
that I like (Ham Radio Deluxe for instance) that will not work on 
Ubuntu, so I stick with Windows 2K and XP.

73,
Don W3FPR

DW Holtman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thank you for all of the great responses I have received.
>
>
> The copy is not an OEM specifically for one machine. I'm not trying to use 
> it on two machines at the same time, my old one broke. It gives me a message 
> that I have 30 days to register it before it stops functioning.
>
>