[License] 1 License for Home & Office PC?

[thylacine]

Hi!

Been reading a while in ESS/EAV threads, and I can't help but to wonder the licensing policy ...

I'm thinking of getting EAV, but I have two PCs (1 is my personal home PC and another 1 is my personal office PC)...

If I get a 1 user license, can I install EAV on both home & office PC?

The reason is that I bought the license and of course I use my own EAV license at home and office (not for sharing definitely)...

[BlueZannetti]

Originally Posted by thylacine

If I get a 1 user license, can I install EAV on both home & office PC?

Licenses are sold on a per PC basis, not per user basis, but home users are able to purchase multiple PC licenses at a bit of a discount - which is typical among offerings in this market.

Blue

Hi!

You can have one license but it must support protection for 2 workstations . This way you can install/use 2 copies - one on your home machine and the other 1 on your work computer .

It doesn't matter if one of your machines is located at your workplace , it is still a workstations . You need to buy Eset Antivirus Home edition

[Edwin024]

Originally Posted by BlueZannetti

Licenses are sold on a per PC basis, not per user basis, but home users are able to purchase multiple PC licenses at a bit of a discount - which is typical among offerings in this market.

Blue

Typical is nowadays that software can be installed on three PC's in a home....

Originally Posted by Edwin024

Typical is nowadays that software can be installed on three PC's in a home....

Actually typical for companies going down and trying everything they can do "save" some "clients"

[Edwin024]

I'm glad that you put a smilie behind your line. It's not normal that a license is for one PC only with most people having a second PC at home. And luckily most companies agree with that and changed their license thing. Eset is one of the few to do not.

[BlueZannetti]

Originally Posted by Edwin024

Typical is nowadays that software can be installed on three PC's in a home....

Actually it's fairly variable still and often product (say AV vs. suite) or region dependent.

I do realize that it's happening more often and is probably something any company should examine as a way to keep/grow market share in an increasingly competitive situation.

Blue

[rookieman]

Originally Posted by HiTech_boy

Actually typical for companies going down and trying everything they can do "save" some "clients"

Why is it that everywhere you turn these days there's a company offering 3 user editions!This is Almost the norm these days.By the way this is just an opinion. I've got 3 comps at home and a 3 user saves me some money.For a company not to offer a 3 user edition and release something that shouldn't even be released due to bugs!!!I think that's bad practice and they should take a better look at what's going on around them.Perhaps it's just me but this company doesn't have care about there customers.

[thylacine]

ok, let me get this clear

if I buy EAV v3.0 Home Edition, that single license will allow me to setup my home + office PC (1 user, 2 workstations) ...

I'm worried that ESET will blacklist my license because i use more than 1 workstation ...

logically, if i buy my own license, it should be usable for 2-3 workstations (similar to HiTech_boy's and Edwin024's reply below) ...

just want to get this info accurate before i place my order


*Note*: Just as a comparison, my existing AV is Panda Antivirus + Firewall 2007; when i last purchase it, a single purchase gives me 3 license!

[BlueZannetti]

Originally Posted by thylacine

if I buy EAV v3.0 Home Edition, that single license will allow me to setup my home + office PC (1 user, 2 workstations) ...

As I originally noted and regardless of the practice of other vendors, the current Eset sales protocol is 1 license = 1 user = 1 physical computer system. You can purchase multiuser licenses (for example, a 2 user license) to install on multiple systems using a single username/password. Quoting from the license agreement (which is burdened by the typical obscure legalese):

...provided that the maximum number of such computer systems is the number which the End User specified in an order and for which the End User paid the relevant fee (the “License”). One user shall mean: (i) installation of the Software on one computer system...

For the specific configuration you mention, that would be a 2 user license. Note that an n-user license does not cost n times a single user license and, depending on the region and reseller, can be price competitive with at least some of the other options available. See here for example offerings.

Blue

[Speed0]

Ok, I have another question that could fit here.

If I have dualboot on my workstation, with Vista and XP, can I have my Nod32 installed in both OSes? I should be able to, because we are only talking one user and one workstation here, right?

[YadaYada]

Originally Posted by Speed0

Ok, I have another question that could fit here.

If I have dualboot on my workstation, with Vista and XP, can I have my Nod32 installed in both OSes? I should be able to, because we are only talking one user and one workstation here, right?

Yes...I too am interested in this answer.
I also have Ubuntu...could I use NOD on Vista, XP , and Ubuntu on same PC?

Originally Posted by Speed0

Ok, I have another question that could fit here.

If I have dualboot on my workstation, with Vista and XP, can I have my Nod32 installed in both OSes? I should be able to, because we are only talking one user and one workstation here, right?

You can use your license for the dualboot - as long as it is on one workstation

Originally Posted by YadaYada

I also have Ubuntu...could I use NOD on Vista, XP , and Ubuntu on same PC?

You can use it on XP and Vista but not on Linux because Linux requires different license . And again , as long as it on one machine it is only possible

[Itsme]

I have also a question.

I have 3 computers all running WinXp Pro. One computer runs VMWare .... do I need a license for each virtual environment running on this computer or do I only 1 license for the computer the virtual OSes are running on?

Kind regards
Itsme

[rei]

i was looking to buy the 4-license home pack for:

pc #1 (mine) dual-booting XP and Vista
pc #2 (not mine)
pc #3 (not mine)
pc #4 (laptop, eee pc, mine but it will need another license since it's another machine)

just worried i'd get blacklisted from updating signatures between xp and vista.

just hoping to get official word before i throw down $100-200.

[webyourbusiness]

Originally Posted by rei

i was looking to buy the 4-license home pack for:

pc #1 (mine) dual-booting XP and Vista
pc #2 (not mine)
pc #3 (not mine)
pc #4 (laptop, eee pc, mine but it will need another license since it's another machine)

just worried i'd get blacklisted from updating signatures between xp and vista.

just hoping to get official word before i throw down $100-200.

rei,

yes, a 4 pack is the appropriate license for your situation.