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Posted by DCA on February 3, 2006, 7:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options Charlie Hoffpauir wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:56:56 -0500, "compubyte"
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>> Okay to make this as short as possible ..
>>
>> I have about 100 pc's that I am selling . However I have my techs wiping the
>> hard drives on them, and removing the Windows License Stickers on them, so
>> that I can decide on wether to sell those seperatly on ebay or where ever..
>> because they were never used.. we bought all the pc's and then instantly
>> installed 2000 Pro on all of them . never activating the Win XP Pro version
>> on them. ( in the future we may start using xp thou) . but anyways. the
>> problem is.. One of my techs (Tech 1) said to remove the stickers. and sell
>> them on ebay. because they were never used and still good, my other tech
>> (Tech 2) said No.. that they should stay with the computers. because they
>> can get more money for the systems. Yet tech1 said whoever gets the pc's may
>> not install xp, may do what we did with 2000 pro, or put 98 on it etc. and
>> if they install xp . would have there own xp cd and licenses and woudn't
>> need ours.. Tech2 then said. We can't sell the stickers. even thou I PAID
>> FOR THEM and didn't use them. he's telling me they must stay with the pc's
>> or be thrown out?? .. I asked Tech1 to call Microsoft to find out what the
>> deal was, being that the stickers were never used / activated .. and he said
>> that MS would say "NO" automatically cuz they would make more money..
>>
>> SO my question is.. which one is right?? They are BOTH very intellegent
>> techs and I respect both of there opinions. but.. I do not want to "play
>> favorites" or side with one or the other.. BUT I want to do the right
>> thing.. Which I'm torn on, simply because I paid for these and was under the
>> impression from Tech1 since day 1. that I was wasting money purchasing these
>> systems with stickers, but when I contacted Compaq. they said it would cost
>> MORE to have the systems WITHOUT the OS on them .. so I continued to
>> purchase them with it..
>>
>> thanks for your help to settle this dispute..
>>
>>
>
> I'm not a lawyer, but if you simply read the license for MS OEM
> software, it says it is valid ONLY for the computer that it's
> installed on. Basically, even the owner of the computer is not allowed
> to change OEM software to another computer. So I'd say your tech no. 2
> is correct.
> Charlie Hoffpauir
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
This is not recognised in EU law. MS have not prosecuted anyone in the
EU because of this. You may not get any support from MS but there is
nothing legally that prevents you from using the licences.
There have been many previous debates about this which you should google
You havent stated what country you are in but this should be enough to
answer your question as - you will not get a definitive answer
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