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| Thread ID: 35637 | 2003-07-18 01:02:00 | XP OEM Licencing | nicnz (2273) | Press F1 |
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| 160712 | 2003-07-18 08:37:00 | it depends on what the recovery disk is tied to and also whether you use the makers bios or the actual mobo makers bios. compaq/hp normally provide their own bios. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 160713 | 2003-07-18 08:52:00 | Hi Terry, Legally (ie according to the OEM user aggreement) the operating supplied with the computer is an integral part of that system and should be sold with it. So if you on-sell a name brand PC you have aggreed by using it that you will sell it in the same configuration as you bought it. The Microsoft licensing agreement makes for an interesting read ;) |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 160714 | 2003-07-18 12:59:00 | To be honest there Terry I don't think there would be very many other businesses other than software that could get away with schissen like this. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 160715 | 2003-07-18 13:36:00 | Just speculating: I don't think OEM Operating System's are keyed to the hardware at all. Do a search for windows on Trademe. 80% of the results are people selling OEM copies of windows. Obviously the software must work on other pc's than the one it came with. | DMcKenzie (4203) | ||
| 160716 | 2003-07-18 13:51:00 | I had some one I was supporting that thought he had a chance of getting a very cheap copy of XP and he was thankful that I warned him before he went over $60(went for about $80) on TradeMe as it was illegal and unlikely to work as it would not be able to be reactivated. It is the old story that if it sounds too good to be true it is. While some of the older OS's might work it is still illegal. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 160717 | 2003-07-18 21:12:00 | Well, there are 2 types of OEM. There is the pre-installed software that comes with a (usually) brand name computer, this is software that the company have paid MS a very very much reduced license fee for. This comes with a recovery disk only (of which I have never had that pleasurable? experience). Then there is the OEM full software that you can purchase from a computer dealer if you buy a motherboard and cpu, it comes in a sealed package, is a full copy, and usually says for installation on a new computer only. Post Win3.1 days this is the only software I have bought, and I havent had the pleasure of XP yet. This latter is the OEM software you usually see for second hand sale. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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