Does NIS still require two licences for a dual boot computer setup? Or has that flaw been corrected?

in 2010 the following message was posted on this forum and NIS said that 'one computer' does not mean 'one computer'. Does their answer that 'a dual boot computer (which I am using) requires two licences' still apply?

 

Norton Internet Security 2010 Performance Pack 3PC License Questions...

‎03-03-2010 04:29 AM

To All

 

It is my considered and professional opinion that Symantec are correct if they seek to treat each installation within an Operating System as utilization of one copy of the license. However, it is NOT I suggest on the basis that they treat each Operating System as a PC.

 

The License Agreement is very clear in this respect

"During the Service Period, You may:

A. use one copy of the Software on a single computer".

 

So the implied definition of a PC is a single computer. What the license says is "use of one copy on a single computer". If the single computer has two operating systems, and protection is required for each, then it would require use of two copies.

 

If the license has said "You may use this software on a single computer,," or "You may use copies of this software on a single computer.." the position would be entirely different.

I don't know whether it is a "flaw" or not but in my experience Norton does use up an activation for each operating system on a multiboot system.

 

So far as I know Tony Weiss's statement at

 

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/Norton-Internet-Security-2010-Performance-Pack-3PC-License/m-p/209929#M104163 

 

is still correct with the exception of the reference to no activation function in the product since Norton Management is not integrated in the current versions and that does include a deactivation function so you can liberate an unused activation.

Tony's post was in early 2010, and I'm not sure if something changed.

 

I just checked all my systems and I in fact have the same installation key on 4 OS's on 3 separate PCs. One had a dual boot Win 7 and Win 8 and they must have only counted as 1.

 

In fact that dual boot system was my test system and the NIS was reinstalled many times during testing.

 

It may make a difference if you have the different OS's on separate physical hard drives. Mine are both on one physical HDD.

 

 

 

 

That could be the difference since I have two hard drives with 4 OS's each with a Norton -- NIS or N360 -- and I'm fairly sure I've taken 4 activations but I'll check again.

 

Incidentally in my experience Windows does not detect each installation as a different computer because the basic hardware is teh same and so the cryptic ID it uses is unchanged.