Can students get more than one copy of Win7?

GlowingBlueMist wrote:

Microsoft does restrict OEM software to the first motherboard that it is
installed on. They usually say that a replacement motherboard, as in the
first one went bad, has to be the same make/model as the original in order
to stay licensed. With that said, they also advise that if you have the
full retail version, as in you purchased the software at a retail store or
directly from Microsoft then you can transfer it over (do a fresh install)
to a completely new computer or motherboard provided the old copy is erased
from the hard drive of the old system.

Now that's what an answer should look like. Thank you.

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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:38:11 -0600, "GlowingBlueMist"
wrote:

Metspitzer wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:16:24 -0600, "GlowingBlueMist"
wrote:

Metspitzer wrote:
I need 3 copies.

According to the terms Microsoft has set, you can purchase one copy
of the OS, or other stuff shown in the offer like the Office
package, for "each" valid student Email address. So if you have 3
people attending college you would have to purchase them
individually using the three different student email address,
provided they are considered valid by Microsoft.

If the students are not already registered then you have to wait
until the are and the college assigns them a student Email address.

Here is the link to the specifications and requirements for the
promotion for US residents.

http://www.microsoft.com/student/dis...-us/terms.aspx

Thanks

Do you know if there are any restrictions on upgrading your machine? I
upgrade my mobo every 2 years or so. I know you are only supposed to
use the OS on one machine, but if I throw away one machine, can I
install it on another one?

Microsoft does restrict OEM software to the first motherboard that it is
installed on. They usually say that a replacement motherboard, as in the
first one went bad, has to be the same make/model as the original in order
to stay licensed. With that said, they also advise that if you have the
full retail version, as in you purchased the software at a retail store or
directly from Microsoft then you can transfer it over (do a fresh install)
to a completely new computer or motherboard provided the old copy is erased
from the hard drive of the old system.

Since your first question started about the Student Edition, here is a link
for an answer directly from a Microsoft forum answering this question. The
good news is that the Student Edition is a fully licensed retail version
which should make a motherboard upgrade "legal". Sorry about the long link
but I don't go in for using sites to shorten or hide the original links.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-9386887cbdae/

In actual use, I have replaced motherboards and had to re-install the OS
from scratch due to different drivers or what ever. Usually they registered
just fine with Microsoft's servers. One time I did have to call the 800
number that pops up when a registration fails but after answering a few
simple questions about what I replaced in my PC they gave me a new code to
type into the PC and it registered just fine.


Thanks

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:27:12 -0800, Paph Shmir wrote:

"ray" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:13:17 +0000, Enkidu wrote:

Metspitzer wrote:

Do you know if there are any restrictions on upgrading your machine?
I upgrade my mobo every 2 years or so. I know you are only supposed
to use the OS on one machine, but if I throw away one machine, can I
install it on another one?

Good question. What is "the machine"? Is it the original hard disk, so
you're legal if you remove that disk and install it into other
hardware? Or the motherboard? The case? How much of the "original" can
you replace before you're no longer in compliance with the agreement
you checked "yes" to?

It's really rather insane to have to worry about technicalities like
that, isn't it?

It's more insane to migrate to a Linux distro when their software won't
run the tasks that you need.

I didn't say anything about Linux did I? But, since you bring it up Linux
will run nearly any task that the average user could possibly want - for
free. You'd know that if you ever tried it.

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:27:12 -0800, Paph Shmir wrote:

It's more insane to migrate to a Linux distro when their software won't
run the tasks that you need.

That is what I've been trying to get to the bottom of - the software I use
on Ubuntu does the tasks I need, in fact much of it is the same software I
was using before I switched to Ubuntu in 2005. So, what am I missing out
on?

If someone could answer that, then I'd consider buying Win 7 if it turned
out to be cost effective, which is why I've been lurking here for some
time before ever posting.

All I ever see is people saying Linux is rubbish, without actually
justifying it, and in many cases, without even trying it.

You're welcome to it. I've tried probably a dozen different versions of
Ubuntu, and ended up deleting it every time.
I've tried it in a VM, as a multi-boot, and standalone on a spare computer.
It just doesn't do much for me. Email and web browsing is about all it does
easily.
If you want a challenge, try watching tv on it (yeah, I've tried Myth,
etc.). Whereas Windows Media Center works without fail. And try accessing
a Windows Raid 0 disk array with it.



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"Phil Stovell" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:27:12 -0800, Paph Shmir wrote:

It's more insane to migrate to a Linux distro when their software won't
run the tasks that you need.

That is what I've been trying to get to the bottom of - the software I use
on Ubuntu does the tasks I need, in fact much of it is the same software I
was using before I switched to Ubuntu in 2005. So, what am I missing out
on?

If someone could answer that, then I'd consider buying Win 7 if it turned
out to be cost effective, which is why I've been lurking here for some
time before ever posting.

All I ever see is people saying Linux is rubbish, without actually
justifying it, and in many cases, without even trying it.

Dave wrote:

Email and web browsing is about all it does easily.

Eh? Open Office 3.1 is easily comparable to MS Office 2002/2003. The
Gimp is an industry standard graphics manipulation application along
with Photoshop.

Why do you EXPECT it to be like Windows? It isn't Windows.

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:36:02 +0000, Gordon wrote:

Dave wrote:

Email and web browsing is about all it does easily.

Eh? Open Office 3.1 is easily comparable to MS Office 2002/2003. The
Gimp is an industry standard graphics manipulation application along
with Photoshop.

Why do you EXPECT it to be like Windows? It isn't Windows.

Of course GIMP and OpenOffice are also available for win7. But, yes, your
point is well made that many of the same apps are available for Linux.

The major problem that MS brainwashed folk have is exactly that: if it
isn't just like MS they want no part of it. In 10 years of Linux
experience, I've noted many times that Linux is no more difficult than MS
- it's just a little different. A complete novice would have no more
difficulty with a Linux system than an MS system.

Phil Stovell wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:27:12 -0800, Paph Shmir wrote:

It's more insane to migrate to a Linux distro when their software won't
run the tasks that you need.

That is what I've been trying to get to the bottom of - the software I use
on Ubuntu does the tasks I need, in fact much of it is the same software I
was using before I switched to Ubuntu in 2005. So, what am I missing out
on?

If someone could answer that, then I'd consider buying Win 7 if it turned
out to be cost effective, which is why I've been lurking here for some
time before ever posting.

All I ever see is people saying Linux is rubbish, without actually
justifying it, and in many cases, without even trying it.

I appears you're only here to push linux. The idea that someone in here
could convince you to use W 7 is absurd and simply not believable.
If you had any thoughts of wanting to sample W 7 then you would've have
tried out one of the beta/rc's which were readily available.
So please stop the charade, it's not working.

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:13:01 -0500, Dave wrote:

try watching tv on it

I watch TV live he

http://www.tvcatchup.com/channels.html

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:13:01 -0500, Dave wrote:

And try
accessing a Windows Raid 0 disk array with it.

Can Windows access a Ubuntu Raid 0 disk array?

On 18 Dec 2009 00:09:47 GMT, ray wrote:

I didn't say anything about Linux did I? But, since you bring it up Linux
will run nearly any task that the average user could possibly want - for
free. You'd know that if you ever tried it.

It will run WoW or LotRO? Will it run MS Office?

*sigh*

EPIC FAIL LINUX...EPIC FAIL.

"Gordon" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:

Email and web browsing is about all it does easily.

Eh? Open Office 3.1 is easily comparable to MS Office 2002/2003. The

In a crude, basic, non-macro sort of way...

Gimp is an industry standard graphics manipulation application along
with Photoshop.

Why do you EXPECT it to be like Windows? It isn't Windows.

I don't... I said why I don't use it.

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:13:52 -0600, Michael Cecil wrote:

On 18 Dec 2009 00:09:47 GMT, ray wrote:

I didn't say anything about Linux did I? But, since you bring it up
Linux will run nearly any task that the average user could possibly want
- for free. You'd know that if you ever tried it.

It will run WoW or LotRO? Will it run MS Office?

Yes, via WINE - though there is really no reason to. OpenOffice should
suffice for most folks.


*sigh*

EPIC FAIL LINUX...EPIC FAIL.

LOL.
try cable or OTA


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"Phil Stovell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:13:01 -0500, Dave wrote:

try watching tv on it

I watch TV live he

http://www.tvcatchup.com/channels.html

Enkidu wrote:
Paph Shmir wrote:

It's really rather insane to have to worry about technicalities like
that, isn't it?
It's more insane to migrate to a Linux distro when their software won't run
the tasks that you need.

If staying legal matters, then things like this do matter. If a business
owns 250 computers, each running a legal copy of W7, just how much
hardware upgrading can they do without violating their lisences?

If they can't wipe the old drive, trash the system, replace the
entire system, and reinstall that copy onto that new system, can they do
the same thing piece-at-a-time? These questions MATTER. If people can
end up in court paying large settlements for breaking the terms of an
agreement, shouldn't those terms be clear?

Wouldn't they just buy a bulk license? Make a hard disc with all
necessary/standard software and clone that to each other drive. When a
drive fails swap it out with new cloned one. All user data is stored on
the network.

No need to register each drive with M$ if they have a bulk license, just
don't go over the limit.

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