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Windows Live OneCare 6 Home Computers

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First, I am very pleased with several days performance of a 3 home computers in a circle on one Live ID subscription and have replaced my Defender & CA Anti-Virus. (Steve, thanks for taking the antivirus step, which was long overdue for Microsoft...)
Next, I haved loaded Windows LOC on 3 other home computers, which software is acting as trial versions. I have read all (I think) of the existing forum entries on more than 3 computers, including all of Steve's. I am ready to pay another fee for the second set of 3 computers. I want to sign those last 3 up as a circle and go live. I realize that, as of now, I cannot set them up on the same circleas the first 3. Not a biggie. But, if I subscribe, my preference is to use the same LiveID (ie: email address) for the second subscription. Question: Does a 2nd subscription arrangement on the same LiveID work so that Microsoft keeps the 2 subscriptions clear (with two circles each of 3 computers with no overlap)? Or do I need to fake-out Microsoft and use a different LiveID (ie: email address) so that it can work?
Happy New Year. Thanks.
Bruce White
Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:20 PM
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Steve answered this in the thread above on "More then 3 PCs". Thanks.Monday, December 31, 2007 2:27 PM
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Steve answered this in the thread above on "More then 3 PCs". Thanks.Monday, December 31, 2007 2:27 PM
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I'll clarify here, too.
One subscription per LiveID.
Up to 3 PCs per subscription.
So, a Circle can have up to 3 PCs and there is no overlap since the LiveIDs for each subscription must be unique at this time.
-steve
Tuesday, January 1, 2008 10:31 PMModerator -
I'll clarify here, too.
One subscription per LiveID.
Up to 3 PCs per subscription.
So, a Circle can have up to 3 PCs and there is no overlap since the LiveIDs for each subscription must be unique at this time.
-steve
Think I'll wait before suggesting LOC at church... hopefully in the (near) future, you'll be able to add (purchase coverage for) additional computers, a-la-carte, beyond the first three, and manage them all under one account.
Sigh.- Edited by Stephen BootsMVP, Moderator Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:09 PM fixed formatting of reply
Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:22 AM -
Sometime later this year Microsoft will be releasing the successor to OneCare, Microsoft Security Essentials. It is currently being tested. It will be free and will not require activation/subscription. It does not include many of the extras of OneCare, but it does use the same core antimalware protection engine and signatures.
-steve
Microsoft MVP Windows Live / Windows Live OneCare, Live Mesh, & MS Security Essentials Forums ModeratorThursday, September 17, 2009 12:11 PMModerator