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To: PMS Witch who wrote (75236)	5/1/2011 5:04:09 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 110653

DISCLAIMER: If you have more than one operating system on your machine, it may not be acceptable to your User License with Microsoft. (A Technet subscription may get you around this.) I presume you mean more then one copy of the same software without additional licenses, yes? This what my Win 7 license says.. "If you comply with these license terms, you have the rights below for each license you acquire. 1. OVERVIEW. a. Software. The software includes desktop operating system software. This software does not include Windows Live services. Windows Live is a service available from Microsoft under a separate agreement. b. License Model. The software is licensed on a per copy per computer basis. A computer is a physical hardware system with an internal storage device capable of running the software. A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a separate computer. 2. INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. a. One Copy per Computer. You may install one copy of the software on one computer. That computer is the “licensed computer.” b. Licensed Computer. You may use the software on up to two processors on the licensed computer at one time. Unless otherwise provided in these license terms, you may not use the software on any other computer. c. Number of Users. Unless otherwise provided in these license terms, only one user may use the software at a time. d. Alternative Versions. The software may include more than one version, such as 32-bit and 64-bit. You may install and use only one version at one time." If you have an older version of your OS a dual boot is perfectly acceptable. This why I like to dual boot, it seems complicated at first but is cost effective. I now dual boot on Win 7 and Win XP with Win 7 being the default selection. If I want to run anything else I use a different Hard Drive to boot up with. I get around the issue of having to keep two versions of every work file by putting all my work data into it's own partition and using both OS's to access it. I found it important to disable the "restore" feature of both OS's and also disable the recycle bins. You would get issues otherwise. Frankly, I like the way my systems are set up now. techsupportalert.com with XP I moved the whole profile. "Alternative Procedure: There is a good alternative to moving My Documents and Application Settings. Move the whole profile. In the user profile there is much more data then application settings and documents and it is a much better solution to move it all at once." wiki.eeeuser.com some fine detail. Message 26169373 With Win 7 I have not moved anything yet, but just use the library feature to keep all the work files on the same documents partition that XP accesses.