Is It Possible To Install Guild Wars On Two Computers?

Yeah, and you'd have two computers playing one character.

Truth....

Summary:

You CAN legally install GuildWars onto as many computers as you want. In fact, you can download the client for free. It is publicly available at www.guildwars.com.

You CANNOT have two people logged onto the same account (created with one CD-Key) at the same time. Most likely the second person logging in will recieve an error stating that the account is in use.

In order for two or more people to play GuildWars at the same time, each player must have a different account, because at most only one person may be logged into any given account at any time.

Wow .... I wanna thank you guys for that wonderful discussion on multiple installation.... My wife and I were wondering if we could play at the same time with only one copy.... Wow
All our questions have been explained completely.... /bows

Just for clarification, two machines can not exist on the same network with the same IP address. Read here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q120599/ or google "duplicate ip address ".

Also, IP aliasing is not the same as duplicate IPs. Aliasing is assigning multiple addresses to the same device. The above post dealing with aliasing giving this link: http://www.leg.uct.ac.za/mirrors/LD...i/IP-Alias.html , has no bearing on this discussion since the link refers to varios versions of BSD and linux which don't run GW yet still adhere to the TCP/IP standard.

it can be done in windows...I linked a linux referal site as the only people looking to do this are smart enough to not run windows. However...the ability to do it exists within windows and CAN be done...

believe it or don't believe it...I don't have the will to care anymore.

If you understood TCP/IP you would understand this is not a windows issue. It does not matter what you believe or the level of intelligence you want to ascribe to me. The issue is how TCP/IP is implemented and the fact that networking hardware and operating systems will not allow duplicate IP addresses.

The link, although it does contain the words IP and Address, has nothing to do with duplicate IP addresses on a network.

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Sorry for bumping up an old thread but I was just wondering... My sister lives next door to me using a different internet connection to me. Now, I would like to know once and for all! I have my GW on my comp at home, so, can I install it on my sisters computer and play it at my sisters house when my younger sister is on my computer at home (NOT playing guild wars)?? I need to know if im gonna get banned or not before going ahead.

Yes, you can install GW on your sister's PC next door and use your account from her PC. Install GW, enter your login info and play away.

You can install GW on ANY PC you visit/own and login with your account and play.

I have a single copy of GW installed on 3 PCs in my house (my downstairs computer, MY computer and my laptop). I can play my GW account (or a friend can come over and play his account and I play mine) from any of these PCs, but I can only use my GW account on one of these PCs at a time. When I log in with my GW account from another PC while my GW account is running the first machine gets logged off automatically.

Ok thank you VERY VERY much! Was getting a bit worried. Right! Time to install.

Thanks again!

The Deal-
You can have it installed on Multiple computers
You can only have 1 account from one CD Key
One CD key may only be used once at any given time
you cant have 2 different guildwars up with 1 cd key used

Guild Wars logins do not seem to be IP based; they only relate to the account. Example:

I have two Guild Wars accounts. Since only one instance of GW can be run on a machine, I can only access one account at a time. However, since I have a desktop and a laptop, I can load one account on each. Both accounts are logged in from the same IP address (the IP address would only vary on my internal network). I use this technique to run my own characters and to help them level (a little tricky to use two keyboards at once, but very useful when guildies are not on or busy). While I don't do it as much as I used to (focus shift to PvP), this activity has never resulted in any boots, conflicts, bans, etc.

Confuses the heck out of my guildies, though. . .

As long as you own the computers and you're not letting others use your account just by installing on others, then it isnt really that bad. In a way its piracy, but then in another way it is not, but I dont think anet would care over something like that for that matter.

Here is how I swap cash and PvE weapons between 8 characters.

I own two CD keys/accounts.

I can run GW from both work (I'm the boss, so it's OK) and home PCs.

I use Remote Desktop Connection in Windows XP Pro (not Home version) to bring the work computer's desktop as a window to my home computer. I start one GW account on the work box and the other GW account on my home box and voila: I'm simultaneously connected with two chars under two different accounts, allowing me to swap stuff back and forth.

On the work account window I click trade on the home accounts avatar, then on the home account's window I accept the trade request, etc., etc. back and forth until the swap has been offerred and accepted by both avatars.

You can either run both the remote and local game windows full screen (requiring you to alternately minimize and maximize the windows back and forth during the trade), or just resize the two game windows and put them side-by-side on your desktop (if you have a 21 inch monitor like me).

Cumbersome, I'll admit, but effective for swapping and requires no second party to trust. You could also do this on a local LAN between two computers, and possibly even do it on a single box with a virtual machine installed (virtual Windows XP on a Windows XP box).

If you have Windows XP Home (no Remote Desktop Connection), then you will have to use a program like Laplink or Symantec PCAnywhere to link the two computers.

I have Remote Desktop Connection on XP Home edition...

But not the ability to HOST a connection (ie. RECEIVE a connection).

Only Windows XP Professional can SHARE it's desktop so other people can connect to it.