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April 10th 04, 05:43 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc? 
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April 10th 04, 06:43 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 07:19 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 08:16 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 08:59 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 10:01 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 11:03 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 11:57 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 12:58 PM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 01:57 PM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 04:06 PM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 07:47 PM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 08:52 PM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 10th 04, 09:51 PM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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April 11th 04, 12:44 AM
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Buying "branded" xp pro disk-as supplied with new pc -dodgy?
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:53:46 -0700, "Bruce Chambers"
wrote: Greetings -- Any branded OEM installation CDs that are being sold without a complete PC are not legitimate. If you waste your money on them, all you'll have for your troubles will be non-absorbent coasters. You should report any such sellers, who are software pirates, plain and simple, to both eBay and Microsoft. Bruce Chambers Yes i had thought that this was the case but wasnt sure. It seems like people are going to buy a CD but will then find they will not have an install key and therefore the cd is worthless?. The thing is,where are these cd's sourced from? If they are from dealers then presumably they are also supplied with a CD key for it otherwise how could they install it on a new pc?
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