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| 116609 | 2003-01-26 00:39:00 | My older comp came installed with Windows ME but not with a Windows ME installation disc. Instead I had like two quick restore cd's which pretty much just restore an image of the factory installed version of ME. ok my questions: Will it be legal if I use a friend's Windows ME CD to install on my computer and I use MY license number? and does anyone know where I can buy a single user license for Win XP Pro, what price would i be lookin at? cheers... |
mamaz (3075) | ||
| 116610 | 2003-01-26 01:19:00 | I somehow don't think Microsoft would exactly agree with that line of thought but in my opinion nothing beats a stand alone OS CD rather than a Restore Disk. I will leave it at that and let you decide................ |
Gordon. (2217) | ||
| 116611 | 2003-01-26 01:40:00 | I think morally if you have the full Certificate of Authenticity with Product ID etc, then no one can really complain, or even object to you making a copy for your own use. After all you would have already paid for the licence to use the software. On the other hand the way MS thinks is beyond normal common sense, so as Gordon says, it's up to you. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 116612 | 2003-01-26 02:49:00 | My understanding is that the CD itself isn't worth the plastic it's made of. It is the Authenticity code that is the important thing. If you own the license then you can use any CD you like. I do this quite often on Packard Bell & HP machines to get rid of all the pre-installed garbage that comes on the restore disks & seems to play merry hell with some computers. WinME came in several different builds though & while your code may work with some installation CDs it may not work with others, so if it works with your friends CD go for it, if not keep trying around till you find one that works with your license. |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 116613 | 2003-01-26 04:13:00 | I have two thoughts on this one. Restore disks are a very good idea in some respects and fine if you know you are not going to change the partition sizes on your hard disk or change the video card, modem etc. I reformatted one of these once and created two partitions on the drive after backing up the whole drive to CDRom. Used the restore disk to put back the operating system and goodbye to the second partition I had created. Hmmm.... Used MY copy of Win98SE after repartitoning with HIS Licence number. It is best to have a stand alone copy of whatever operating system you decide to use. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 116614 | 2003-01-26 18:33:00 | My understanding of MS licensing (with OEM installations) is that you pay a license to use the OS on the machine that the OS came with. It is not transferable. | Baldy (26) | ||
| 116615 | 2003-01-26 18:56:00 | Yes Baldy, I'm sure you are right, but this is where the morality of the situation comes in. If that machine goes bung, or you dispose of it for some valid reason WITHOUT the OS, what on earth is one supposed to do with restore disks that are no use for any other machine? After all a license has been bought. This is one of the MS practices that has been forced on manufacturers. A restore disk is a good idea, but a full install disk should ethically speaking be supplied as well. Another reason for slagging MS, despite those who say they are fed up with people doing that :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 116616 | 2003-01-26 21:37:00 | Wrong . Read the EULA for transfer procedure . Agree with Microsoft or not - the EULA is clear - COA and disks go hand in hand . They are not separate . I think . . . . I think . . . . I think . . . . I think . . . . bah - unless you have legal precedents, emotive argument is weak at best - and usually incorrect . |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 116617 | 2003-01-26 22:31:00 | What do you lot think the legal standpoint is regarding the association of the windows licence with the OEM hardware? I have seen OEM copies of windows for sale with a mouse or other token piece of the original computer. If you upgrade the RAM or CPU on a system you are still licenced to run the Windows.... So how much hardware needs to remain the same for the licence to be valid? |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 116618 | 2003-01-26 22:49:00 | > My older comp came installed with Windows ME but not > with a Windows ME installation disc. Instead I had > like two quick restore cd's which pretty much just > restore an image of the factory installed version of > ME. ok my questions: > > Will it be legal if I use a friend's Windows ME CD to > install on my computer and I use MY license number? Yep you'll be allright as long as you have that certificate that says you own a license > and does anyone know where I can buy a single user > license for Win XP Pro, what price would i be lookin > at? > > cheers... DSE has XP Pro Upgrade for $539 (www.dse.co.nz) |
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