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| Thread ID: 54891 | 2005-02-25 02:52:00 | Microsoft Licensing According to Unhappy Customer | vinref (6194) | PC World Chat |
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| 328021 | 2005-02-25 09:20:00 | Ah Winston, but I am not "Related to the Famous "Two Sheds" Jackson perchance?" None of my rellies were famous, infamous, or indeed anything. No money in Chancery etc etc. Just basic stock. Cheers Tony |
TonyF (246) | ||
| 328022 | 2005-02-25 16:30:00 | Thanks for the reminder vinref, I did read the MS OEM license less than 3 years ago when I bought my PC. It's now in bits, mother board replaced, may well need a new HD too. If so, legally, I can't put, what I considered to be, my copy of XP back on the darn thing. I am still a bit confused myself - I have been told elsewhere that buying OEM-Windows does not confer ownership of Windows, only a license to use it under various terms. You need to buy the boxed set to own Windows, but even that has some convoluted conditions that defy intuitive reasoning. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 328023 | 2005-02-25 18:58:00 | I am still a bit confused myself - I have been told elsewhere that buying OEM-Windows does not confer ownership of Windows, only a license to use it under various terms . You need to buy the boxed set to own Windows, but even that has some convoluted conditions that defy intuitive reasoning . Software is never bought anyway, only the right to use it . What constitutes a different computer, thus requiring a new OEM is a moot point anyway . Hard drive dies, same everything else, re-install OS, who's going to argue? Motherboard dies, replace it into same case,and all else same . Use same hard drive, with existing install, re-detect new m/b hardware (Microsoft has a KB article to tell you how in XP, just as easy with Win9x), otherwise all else same, who's going to argue . Decide need new case and psu, m/b and all else the same, who's going to argue? Decide to upgrade system quite extensively, new case, m/b, psu etc keep old hard drive with OS on it and floppy . Who's going to argue? And so on . Maybe just carrying over a floppy drive, or a few screws from an old computer to a new one would do :eek: As a point of interest, my Window 98SE install is directly traceable back to about 1999 or 2000, can't remember . It has been copied from HDD to HDD, umpteen motherboards and cases, never re-installed, and it runs just as well as the day it was born :nerd: Yes, I know Godfather will point out the fine legal detail ;) , but as long as MS has been paid, who's going to argue? The really big problem is MS expect to be paid over and over for exactly the same thing, they are not content with being paid just once :@@: |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 328024 | 2005-02-25 21:25:00 | Some EULA magic (eff.org). | Murray P (44) | ||
| 328025 | 2005-02-25 21:31:00 | Decide need new case and psu, m/b and all else the same, who's going to argue? But will the sticker transfer from one case to the next with ease? |
Jeremy (1197) | ||
| 328026 | 2005-02-25 23:23:00 | If you are daft enough to actually stick a sticker on your home built computer, well then they can be easily removed without damage using a heat gun. (Don't stick it to a plastic sufrace :rolleyes: ) With my Win 95B OEM and Win98 OEM packages bought with motherboards there never was a sticker anyway, the certificates were printed on booklet covers. When I bought a Win98SE upgrade CD from Microsoft, all I did was to scan the Win98 CD and the certificate, then they were happy to take my $29.95 for the upgrade CD. I have bought second hand IBM machines with stickers, and IBM has been happy to sell their IBM OS CDs for around the $80 mark, no problems as far as they are concerned. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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