XP pro Licensing: Laptop vs Desktop

From: Jan (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:41:29 -0800

I had heard that if I own a laptop and a desktop that I
am able to install or activate one copy of XP pro for
both machines since they are both used by me. Is this
true?

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