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Transfer Of OS License
Being as brief as possible.
Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A then purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company B is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been using under Company A. Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit? Thanks for any advice/information on this subject. |
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Transfer Of OS License
Posted this here because these are all XP boxes. Not sure
if there is a better place to post such a question. "Jason Piercey" wrote in message ... Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit? Thanks for any advice/information on this subject. |
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On Dec 8, 8:06*pm, "Jason Piercey" wrote:
Posted this here because these are all XP boxes. *Not sure if there is a better place to post such a question. "Jason Piercey" wrote in message ... Question: *Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit? Thanks for any advice/information on this subject. Volume License -- No. Retail -- Sell the software with it. OEM (installed on the hardware originally sold to Company A) -- MUST be delivered with hardware. |
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Jason Piercey wrote:
Being as brief as possible. Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A then purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company B is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been using under Company A. Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit? Thanks for any advice/information on this subject. What type of licenses? OEM? Retail? Volume? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Does Company A hold/maintain enough licenses to cover Company B PCs? If
these are Volume licenses "A" can't sell them, but would still be responsible for them. Jason Piercey wrote: Being as brief as possible. Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A then purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company B is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been using under Company A. Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit? Thanks for any advice/information on this subject. |
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Yes company A holds enough to cover company B.
They are volume licenses. Company A no longer has any interest in being responsible for company B. "Bob I" wrote in message ... Does Company A hold/maintain enough licenses to cover Company B PCs? If these are Volume licenses "A" can't sell them, but would still be responsible for them. |
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Thanks.
"smlunatick" wrote in message ... Volume License -- No. Retail -- Sell the software with it. OEM (installed on the hardware originally sold to Company A) -- MUST be delivered with hardware. |
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Volume
"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... What type of licenses? OEM? Retail? Volume? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Jason Piercey wrote:
Being as brief as possible. Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A then purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company B is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been using under Company A. Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit? Thanks for any advice/information on this subject. Shenan Stanley wrote: What type of licenses? OEM? Retail? Volume? Jason Piercey wrote: Volume Then if company A will no longer be managing/part of company B (sharing resources) - Company B will need their own licenses (although it is a fair bet these systems were bought with OEM licenses and then the voilume licensed software (especially operating system) was installed (so the company splitting off could purchase the equipment with the original OEM licenses.) Now if everyone will still be operating under the same larger umbrella and that larger umbrella is the owner of the volume licenses - they can still use it of course - but that is not what it sounds like. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote in message
... Then if company A will no longer be managing/part of company B (sharing resources) - Company B will need their own licenses (although it is a fair bet these systems were bought with OEM licenses and then the voilume licensed software (especially operating system) was installed (so the company splitting off could purchase the equipment with the original OEM licenses.) These systems were purchased in parts and assembled in-house. Only the volume licenses were used to my knowledge. Now if everyone will still be operating under the same larger umbrella and that larger umbrella is the owner of the volume licenses - they can still use it of course - but that is not what it sounds like. The original arrangement was the larger umbrella, but Company B doesn't want to be under that unbrella any longer. Trying to pose questions / bring to the attention of Company A owner/operator things he may not have thought of. |
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I'm being told, by someone who has just spoken with MS licensing
department, there is a way to transfer a volume license. I've not seen the details with my own eyes yet. "Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... Jason Piercey wrote: Volume Then if company A will no longer be managing/part of company B (sharing resources) - Company B will need their own licenses |
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http://www.microsoft.com/singapore/s....aspx#Transfer
Sounds like hardware + OEM license + volume license has to be transferred. |
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"Jason Piercey" wrote in message ... Being as brief as possible. Company A has been in business for years. At some point Company B joins A - two companies, one office, one payroll, etc..Company A then purchases more hardware/software so Company B can function. Now Company B wants to be their own entity within the same office. Company B is planning on purchasing the equipment they have been using under Company A. Question: Can company B legally purchase a computer with an existing OS licensed to Company A and be legit? Thanks for any advice/information on this subject. According to Microsoft EULA the XP OS is tied to the _device_ not the company. |
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Frank-FL wrote:
According to Microsoft EULA the XP OS is tied to the _device_ not the company. That's the OEM EULA. There's more than one EULA. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
Frank-FL wrote: According to Microsoft EULA the XP OS is tied to the _device_ not the company. That's the OEM EULA. There's more than one EULA. Yeah, they're endless and MS hopes you will just accept them and not read them. All of them have one thing in common, though: they tell you what you *can't* do with the OS. Alias |
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