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Old July 3rd 14, 01:37 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Al Drake wrote:
On 7/3/2014 6:13 AM, Alias wrote:
Al Drake wrote:
On 7/2/2014 1:14 PM, Alias wrote:
Al Drake wrote:
On 7/2/2014 6:49 AM, Alias wrote:
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.




Ok, Now I'm begging to get it. Sorry if I'm a slow learner. Now answer
me this. Is this 120 day wait in conflict with the terms set by
Microsoft? Maybe I have been misunderstanding more than I thought.



If you do it, MS does not approve. They want you to buy another license
rather than move a generic OEM to another computer or (horrors!)
install
the same license on two or more computers.

Then regardless of what anyone thinks when someone install Windows OS
they agree with the terms that means however it is worded their
interpretation is the only one that counts. Yes? No?



To them, yes. You can't install Windows without agreeing to the terms
and conditions of the EULA. MS has yet to bring anyone to court because
they don't want their EULA subjected to court scrutiny.

So then I shouldn't feel bad about violating them as they have violated
me first. I get it.



Yep.

"If they are going to steal software, I want them steal mine".

- Bill Gates, who stole Windows from Xerox.

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Alias
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