[Ham-Computers] windows copies

[kd4e]

I have been told that MS claims some absurd right to
limit your use of XP or Vista based on changes to the
hardware in your computer or heaven-forbid that you
change hardware.

Essentially they claim that they only "lease" you a copy
of their chronically troubled operating system and they
get to tell you where, when, and how you may use it --
and if you do anything with which they disagree they
terminate your right to use it and keep your money!

The result is that MS claims that they sell you a
single-use single-machine only-minor-hardware-changes-
allowed license.  If you make "major" hardware changes
the license is terminated.  If you switch machines
entirely the license is terminated.  It is unclear if
you may resell your MS license, with or without the
original hardware.  It is also unclear if you may
install it on one machine, uninstall it, and install
the same OS on a different machine.

Your Dell was originally shipped with a OEM version
of XP "assigned" to that machine.  For whatever reason
someone wiped that install and later replaced it with
and illegal copy of XP.

MS may assert that only the XP they just sold you may
be installed on that Dell and that a Dell or other XP
may not replace it and that you may not transfer your
XP to another PC.  Or so I have been told.

This is one of the many good reasons that I use Linux.

:-)

> My question is: Can I remove the legal copy, save it ( have the correct 
> installation key)and use a Dell XP installation disk on this machine?
>>From what you say, the Dell disks are not machine specific; does the Dell 
> installation disk have the installation key "built in"?
> 
> If I can do this, I could free up the 'legal copy' for use on another 
> machine. . .
> 
> Sorry to be a bother, but I did not want to go through all this if the Dell 
> disk would not work.
> 
> Thanks es
> 73 Gene, WØQFC


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