Re: Legality of software "handmedowns"

From: Dave (dave_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:49:51 -0500

Oh, my God, what an unbelievable pain in the ass! Pardon my French, but it's
ludicrous. I don't blame MSoft for "preventing thievery", but these extreme
measures to be taken just when you're swapping out hardware are ridiculous.

Alright, then. Who's the hotshot I would call whenever I decide to swap out
my memory, my motherboard, my hard drive, or even get permission to take a
poop? What's the number? 

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- Dave
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"Michael Stevens" <xpnews@bogusmlstevenstech.com> wrote in message
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> Alias wrote:
> > "Michael Stevens" <xpnews@bogusmlstevenstech.com> wrote
> >> Jay wrote:
> >>> what if I wanted to change my hard drive...I bought this cheap pc
> >>> about six monthes ago and it has OEM WinXP on it. I want to get one
> >>> of those 7200 rpm hard drives...can I take this hard drive out and
> >>> put the new one in a and use the oem cds to start the new drive? or
> >>> is a new hard drive like a new PC?
> >>> I appreciate your time
> >>> Jay
> >>
> >> Hard drives are no problem, but swaping out a MB would be
> >> questionable. http://michaelstevenstech.com/oemeula.htm
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
> >
> > Wouldn't changing the MB be a matter of making a phone call?
> >
> > Alias
>
> Yes
>
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