>
>>>>>So I can I move from one PC, (Virtual), to a real PC, (Laptop).<<<<
>
> I'm afraid not my friend, at least not legally. Although the word Virtual
> is a little confusing to many as it appears to be like something
> temporary, it is indeed in this case Real. Once you register it to a PC,
> Virtual or not, it is tied to that machine.
>
> I do believe MS should indeed write up something on the download page and
> explain to users before they download and install this program. I'm sure
> several have done what you have thinking they will try it out for testing
> purposes or whatever only to find out later they have now lost their copy
> they thought they could use on a new machine later on.
>
>

That seems a bit hard to believe.
What would happen if I upgraded my hardware, (new motherboard, Hard drive
and so on).
Are you saying that I cannot re-use my legally owned copy of WinXP? MS is
forcing me to purchase another copy.

I would be quite curious to see where it says on any copy of Windows XP, (or
any of their software), that you can only use your copy once and once only.
And I would also be curious to see where it says that upgrading hardware
will mean that you need to purchase a new copy of the OS.
I am not talking about using 2 copies of one OS, but I mean to move the OS
to another machine, (as you pointed out, virtual or not, it does not
matter).

Also, I did not download it, Microsoft sent me a folder with about 50 DVDs.
So I installed my XP from a DVD, not a download.

Simon