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Old July 2nd 14, 11:49 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Al Drake wrote:
On 7/1/2014 9:46 AM, Alias wrote:
Al Drake wrote:
On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Alias wrote:
Al Drake wrote:
On 6/30/2014 6:31 PM, Mayayana wrote:
| After 120 days, MS wipes the slate clean and if you were to try an
| activate another computer with the same license, it will activate
online.
|

I've never heard of that. It may work. I've
never tried it. But I do know that OEM is not
licensed for that.


That's fine with me. I have never purchased OEM.

I've never purchased retail.

Have you ever purchased OEM?


Many times, both branded and generic. The only time I've bought branded
is with laptops. Why pay more for the same thing?

I agree that paying more for something that is the same is a bad idea
but my understanding was that the retail version was different. I
thought that the OEM version can not be moved to a new computer when you
retire the original.


"May" not. It obviously can be moved. All you gotta do is wait 120 days.

Sometimes I refer to upgrade a system or give one
away but keep the OS for future use. If I'm wrong then I've been
spending needlessly, I agree.




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