You can stop a PC from being a hub by opening OneCare on the hub, clicking on
Your OneCare Circle, then clicking details for that computer name. Underneath
will be a link that says "stop this PC from being a hub" (or similar words)
You canot remove a PC from the Circle without causing that PC to become
unsubscribed. You'll find "remove" on the details for each PC on the hub.
There is no product between OneCare and Forefront, the latter being an
Enterprise offering for larger businesses. It won't cost 45 mil, but it won't be
cheap either, nor can you pick it up from a typical retailer as it is sold
through Enterprise channels.
-steve
"Alex McFarlane" <alex@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Dear Steve,
>Thank you for your most helpful reply.
>How do you get your computers to "resign" from the circle and the hub
>computer to recuse itself from the hubship?
>Do microsoft make another product for lots of computers, i.e. more than 3?
>Money is no object...mind you if I had 25 mil I wouldn't buy yahoo!
>Regards
>AMcF
>
>
>"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Alex McFarlane" <alex@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>Dear All,
>>>I find the limitation of only 3 users in a onecare circle to be irksome. I
>>>currently have 3 computers at home but 2 children are returning next week
>>>from boarding school and are bringing their laptops with them. I purchased
>>>onecare because NAV was useless with vista and felt that a microsoft
>>>product
>>>would be tailor made to run with microsoft OS's. Can the 3 computer limit
>>>be
>>>extended? If so, how?
>>>If not, can the cicle function be turned off but leaving the antivirus and
>>>defender functions running? All I want to run at home is a simple peer to
>>>peer network.
>>>Thanks for your help
>>>AMcF
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>> At this time it is up to 3 PCs on one subscription and only one
>> subscription per
>> LiveID.
>> There was talk about being able to purcase more licenses to add to a base
>> subscription, but nothing further has been announced. I don't know if this
>> is a
>> Billing system limitation.
>>
>> The Circle functions include Centralized backup - optional - and printer
>> sharing, which can be turned off on the Printer Sharng tab on each PC
>> running
>> OneCare.
>> If no PC has been promoted to be a hub, the above are the only Circle
>> functions
>> and they can all be turned off. A Circle is defined as all PCs activated
>> with
>> the same LiveID - on the same subscription.
>>
>> You can turn off backup, you can disable Printer Sharing, but the rest of
>> OneCare is not optional.
>>
>> -steve
>> --
>> Stephen Boots
>> MVP Windows Live
>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
>> sboots@xxxxxx | | | | | | |
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Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
sboots@xxxxxx