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Thread ID: 31658	2003-03-28 07:21:00	OS included for demo purposes only....	fergie (424)	Press F1

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131670	2003-03-28 07:21:00	Hi ya, I've just been browsing some computers on trademe, and 1 thing i picked up on was when some descriptions had "OS (win XP etc) included for demo purposes only" Is this allowed? Can people do this wwhne selling pc's? Because there would be alot of people that would continue to use the "demo" OS. Could someone clear this up for me? Cheers	fergie (424)
131671	2003-03-28 07:33:00	No they can't. They can only do it if they are using a demo version such as the 30 day XP trial. After 30 days the trial becomes "crippled" TradeMe sellers use it to help sell their PCs for exactly the reason you state. One OS, one License (unless you've purchased an additional one) It's very easy for someone to ghost the drive & have a "permanent" free OS. They claim it proves the comp. is in good working order, they could install linux for free if that was the case, but no-one does it as most want Windows. (& they want it for nothing)	Stumped Badly (348)
131672	2003-03-28 07:40:00	ok thanks for that, was just unclear to me. thanks	fergie (424)
131673	2003-03-28 08:28:00	The PCs would likely have come from a corporate site that had "volume licencing" from Microsoft. They pay MS according to the number of OS installed. Hence when they sell the PC via Trade Me, there is no way they want to keep paying for a licence for an item they no longer own.	godfather (25)
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