Re: MS Licensing

From: GBH (geoff.hamilton1_at_NOSPAM.ntlworld.com)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 19:35:33 +0100

Mike

Thanks for explaining that. If I understand correctly then if the machine
has a sticker it is OEM and not transferable; machines without stickers are
presumably retail purchases and these are transferable (in the event of the
original machine being trashed). I am new to this particular company and am
trying to audit all the hardware and software but its not easy due to the
way equipment and licenses had been purchased.

Apologies for the 'cute' annotation, no offence implied or intended.

Geoff

"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "GBH" <geoff.hamilton1@NOSPAM.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:J6Ppc.122$JL5.40@newsfe1-win...
>> We have a number of older PC's at work with 98SE and ME which are being
>> trashed either due to problems or sheer old age. Each of them has a MS
>> sticker on the case with the license information and key. Is this
>> transferable to a new machine? (Its a devil of a job to get the sticker
>> off but I have managed.). All these machines were OEM installations with
>> recovery disks but we have additional purchased copies of 98Se and ME, so
>> I have the software.
>>
>> I apologise if this is OT for the XP group but as its a Micro$oft OS I
>> thought I would ask the experts!
>>
>
> Geoff,
>
> No you may not move the installation to other machines.
> They are OEM installs and are tied to the OEM supplied machine or the
> first machine they are installed to.
> This is one of the reasons the OEM licenses are cheaper as they are non
> transferable one time use license.
> If you have sufficient retail copies then you may install these on
> machines as you see fit, but your OEM licenses are tied to the original
> machines.
>
> Please note Geoff that our company name is Microsoft - using the dollar
> symbol may be "cute" but it may be seen as inflammatory.
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
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> "GBH" <geoff.hamilton1@NOSPAM.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:J6Ppc.122$JL5.40@newsfe1-win...
>> We have a number of older PC's at work with 98SE and ME which are being
>> trashed either due to problems or sheer old age. Each of them has a MS
>> sticker on the case with the license information and key. Is this
>> transferable to a new machine? (Its a devil of a job to get the sticker
>> off but I have managed.). All these machines were OEM installations with
>> recovery disks but we have additional purchased copies of 98Se and ME, so
>> I have the software.
>>
>> I apologise if this is OT for the XP group but as its a Micro$oft OS I
>> thought I would ask the experts!
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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