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Thread ID: 42937 2004-02-27 05:57:00 TradeMe selling Windows C.O.A. Nigel Thomson (629) Press F1
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218582 2004-02-29 05:46:00 Thus confirms my theories, godfather gets delivered the weekly edition of EULA magazine and he reads it religiously. aroc (3256)
218583 2004-02-29 17:05:00 Just wondering how many people actually hae a COA. When I buy new software of any make or sort all the packing and paperwork go in the rubbish bin. I don't think I have ever looked at a coa.
What's this business about only being able to use windows on one machine??? Do you mean one machine at a time??
I bought XP the day it was released. Anything had to be better than 98se.
My copy of xp is now on it's third machine. I always buy a computer without an o/s. The first machine was dumped. The second was sold without o/s . What's illegal about that? How would MS,or anyone else know which computer the O?S was bought for?
BTW I think this activation business is a bit of a joke. My xp has always activated without query whenever I have installed it. ie. on three computers plus an upgrade, new m/b and cpu.
The same applies for MS Office.
Jack
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218584 2004-02-29 18:58:00 Aroc, Goddie is just telling it as it is. It is what everyone signs up to when installing MS software. Now whether you choose to read the fine print and conform to what you sign up to, or, just ignore it as a lot of twaddle is an individual decision. Terry Porritt (14)
218585 2004-02-29 20:20:00 JJJJJ, you're perfectly entitled to do what you have done as long as it's a retail version of windows and is one one machine at a time. Retail COA's are usually on the CD cover or front cover of the manual AFAIK. Not sure whats going on with your activation, just go with the flow.

Cheers Murray P
Murray P (44)
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