Re: How to change from OEM license to Volume License - necessary?
- From: "Jordan" <none@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:48:06 -0400
If you have a server with an OEM license and you need to format the hard
drive and reinstall Microsoft will let you do that. No problem. When you
first activated the server it sent Microsoft information about that hardware
that it was installed on. The information was a mixture of the MAC address
Hard Drive Serial Number, Processor ID and I think a few more things so as
long as you reinstall on the same hardware you should be able to reactivate
over the net fine.
If you have a Volume License key you can only use that for installing
software that you purchased a Volume License for - nothing else. Even if
you are installing the same version of software like Windows Server, XP,
Office, or whatever Microsoft does not want you to use a volume license key
and CD instead of the OEM. There is no functional difference in the
hardware but there IS a difference in the license.
If you buy 5 computers with 5 OEM licenses of whatever and those computer
explode, so do the licenses. That is where they get you and why it is so
much cheaper for OEM than full or Volume licensed. If you have full or
Volume licenses you can through out those computer and buy 5 new ones but
not have to purchase the software. You can just move those licenses.
OEM = Not movable
Full and Volume = You can move.
If you get audited and they see a Volume Key on an OEM box they have the
right to say your not in compliance and fine you.
"Mieke" <Mieke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D9B3C2E9-A40F-43C7-9AFB-D4EB04E86C1D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a few questions about licenses:
- When Windows is installed, how can you tell which product key is used?
Can
you check if a key is used more than once?
-We have W2k3 servers installed with OEM CD and OEM productkey, which is
used more than once, these servers should have been installed with Volume
license Keys (which we have bought). Then third parties have installed
their
applications, and one server has become Domain Controller.
Now we are wondering: do we have to reinstall these servers, which will
cost
a lot of time and money? Or are we save because we can show we have enough
licenses? But will these servers be able in the future to get their
updates?
We have thought about to use the repair option of windows, when you boot
from (Volume license) CD at some point you can choose Repair, files are
copied from CD, and then later you can input the Volume License Key. But
what
does this do 'under water', will it be stable, especially for the DC?
Hoping some can help me with the answers to my questions?
thanks a lot! Mieke
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