Re: License Transfer
- From: Martin <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 08:17:03 -0800
Being that the license is being tied to the "motherboard", the best option
then is to spend a few extra dollars on a high quality "new" board. Or you
can do like I tend to do, live on the "trailing edge". Purchase a new high
quality older version board, and save a few dollars knowing that the board is
stable and reliable.
Martin
"Bill Marriott" wrote:
> Yup, knew that. There are dozens of them actually. One in each Windows
> Update.
>
> You're probably talking about the one in the windows/system32 folder... but
> in my [legit] copy of Windows MCE 2005 it's only a "supplemental EULA" and
> not the full/original one, for some reason.
>
> Not very handy for someone who has XP Home and wants to see what the one for
> Pro is. And not handy either for someone who has the retail XP Pro and wants
> to read the one for the OEM version. There is a copy of the retail Windows
> EULA on Microsoft.com. But can't for the life of me find a link to the OEM
> license. There really ought to be an easily discoverable master page in
> which someone could browse all the various EULAs.
>
> Oh well. It's not going to change the way I use the software. I'll run each
> license on one and only one machine. But if they want me to repurchase just
> because I want/need a new motherboard, well I guess they'll have to take me
> to court.
>
> Bill
> -------------------------------
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:egYJG5j9FHA.1416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You'll find a copy of the EULA on your hard disk somewhere. Search for
> EULA.TXT
>
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> "Bill Marriott" <wjm@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eRv1ici9FHA.648@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I would, but a search on "oem eula xp" on Microsoft.com doesn't provide me
> >a
> > copy of the OEM EULA to review -- at least not on the first five pages of
> > results. :D
> >
> > "Chris H." <winxpnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:e9zBoLi9FHA.632@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Read your information, if you have an OEM setup. It is that
> >> manufacturer,
> >> not Microsoft setting things tied to their BIOS within that system.
> >> --
> >> Chris H.
> >> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> >> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> >> Associate Expert
> >> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >>
> >>
> >> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:438E64D8.3000408@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> And you are right, the policy is absurd. Microsoft is trying to "have
> >>> their cake and eat it too", by creating terms ("machine") that they
> >>> themselves cannot and do not define.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bill Marriott wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Define "machine?"
> >>>>
> >>>> Is it the motherboard? That's a $35 part, one of the least expensive
> >>>> components of the whole system.
> >>>>
> >>>> The CPU? Faster ones are coming out all the time.
> >>>>
> >>>> If I replace just the motherboard, is it still the same machine? If I
> >>>> upgrade just the CPU is it the same machine? If I upgrade both? If I
> >>>> add
> >>>> a video card? Upgrade the hard disk?
> >>>>
> >>>> My sister has an HP Pavilion computer I originally bought for her in
> >>>> 1998. Since, then I've upgraded nearly every component of the system
> >>>> for
> >>>> her over time. Only the power supply, case, and floppy disk drive are
> >>>> the original equipment now. (She likes the matched look of the monitor,
> >>>> speakers, keyboard, mouse, and case.)
> >>>>
> >>>> At one point, if any, did I sacrifice the license to use Microsoft
> >>>> software on "that computer?"
> >>>>
> >>>> What if the a thunderstorm blows out the power supply and floppy disk
> >>>> finally? When I replace that, she really won't have any parts from the
> >>>> old machine ... will I have to repurchase all the Microsoft software
> >>>> for
> >>>> her?
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not disputing the accuracy of your answer, I'm just pointing out
> >>>> the
> >>>> absurdity of the policy.
> >>>>
> >>>> Bill
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>> news:etvFLgf9FHA.1844@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> If XP Home was pre-installed on your computer, legally, no you can't.
> >>>> OEM versions of Windows XP (and other applications/operating systems)
> >>>> are tied to the machine they are originally installed on.
> >>>>
> >>>> Retail verisons can be transferred, but you must give the new owner the
> >>>> COA and the CD-Key. You also have to uninstall it from whatever system
> >>>> its currently on.
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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