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More info?)
OK, so when I bought an OEM version of XP for a system I built, I was
required to buy a power Y cable. So as long as I keep that copy XP with
that power Y cable I guess I'm OK on the license thing? No problemo!
"Ogden Johnson III" <oj3usmc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Not Gimpy Anymore" <nospamREMOVplease@msn.net> wrote:
>
> >"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote
>
> >> "David" <davids1165@gmail.com> wrote in
>
> >> > Dell XP cd will install on ANY pc. The os WILL require activation on
> >> > non dell pc though. I am POSITIVE of this.
> >> > Dave
>
> >> True, but it is a license violation to do so. The Dell version of XP is
TIED
> >> legally to the machine with which it was sold. Period
>
> > Actually it's a MS registration thing - if you register XP, the
MACHINE
> >is registered, and if you try to register another machine with the same
OS
> >key, it will be rejected.
> >No comment about trying to run XP without registering it... You're on
your
> >own there.
>
> Actually, it's a WinXP OEM EULA thing, as quoted from the WinXP
> OEM EULA:
>
> "1. GRANT OF LICENSE. Manufacturer grants you the following
> rights, provided you comply with all of the terms and
> conditions of this EULA:
>
> * Installation and Use. Except as otherwise expressly
> provided in this EULA, you may install, use, access,
> display and run only one (1) copy of the SOFTWARE on
> the COMPUTER. The SOFTWARE may not
> be used by more than two (2) processors at any one time
> on the COMPUTER, unless a higher number is indicated
> on the Certificate of Authenticity. You may permit a
> maximum of ten (10) ("Connection Maximum") computers
> or other electronic devices (each a "Device") to connect
> to the COMPUTER to utilize the services of the SOFTWARE
> solely for File and Print services, Internet Information
> services, and remote access (including connection sharing
> and telephony services). The ten (10) Connection Maximum
> includes any indirect connections made through
> "multiplexing" or other software or hardware which pools
> or aggregates connections. Except as otherwise permitted
> below, you may not use the Device to use, access, display
> or run the SOFTWARE, the SOFTWARE's
> User Interface or other executable software residing
> on the COMPUTER.
>
> * Software as a Component of the Computer - Transfer. THIS
> LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED,
> TRANSFERRED TO OR USED CONCURRENTLY
> ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS. The SOFTWARE
> is licensed with the HARDWARE as a single integrated
> product and may only be used with the HARDWARE. If the
> SOFTWARE is not accompanied by new HARDWARE, you may
> not use the SOFTWARE. You may permanently transfer all
> of your rights under this EULA only as part of a
> permanent sale or transfer of the HARDWARE, provided
> you retain no copies, if you transfer all of the SOFTWARE
> (including all component parts, the media and printed
> materials, any upgrades, this EULA and the Certificate
> of Authenticity), and the recipient agrees to the terms
> of this EULA. If the SOFTWARE is an upgrade, any
> transfer must also include all prior versions of the
> SOFTWARE."
>
> The intent of the EULA is clear, the WinXP that came with my Dell
> D4400 lives and dies on that Dell, and goes with it if I
> sell/give it to anyone else.
>
> While you are right, in that there are ways you can install it on
> another computer, and even activate it on that other, non-Dell
> computer, presumably using the Dell COA number and having taken
> it off the original Dell/deactivated its registration, without MS
> noticing, it is a violation of the EULA that you agreed to by
> using it on the original Dell.
>
> I'm not "telling" anyone what they should/should not do; just
> saying that they should be aware of what they are doing when they
> do it. In some circumstances, doing it with company computer
> which is subject to software audits for example, the "I didn't
> know I wasn't supposed to do that" defense may not save your
> job.
> --
> OJ III
> [Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading.
> Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.]
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