Unless the OEM key has already been activated. Then I guess you'd be left with a useless copy of Windows. Likely if the OEM is illegally reselling keys then you're SOL and out $100. Microsoft won't help you either. OEM keys and tech support are the responsibility of the OEM that sold it. They will tell you to contact the OEM.
--- In [email protected], Homer Loner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I give up. The explanations are becoming too > convoluted. I will just take comfort in knowing that > any transgressions are a problem between MS and the > OEM. Obviously all the terms and conditions are > spelled out only in an agreement betweeen the two, and > the man-on-the-street can not know or be bound by any > of the standard or specific conditions in that > contract. I will just buy an OEM if it is what I want > and let MS go after the OEM for breaking the terms of > their contract. > > Homer > > --- "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's a lot more complex than that. > > You buy as part of a major upgrade which allows you > > to get in via an > > OEM license. > > But once it's installed it becomes tied to the whole > > machine and > > that's why you get a lower price because it can't be > > resold on its own > > or with that part again. > > Basically all OEM licenses are tied to the machine > > once they're installed. > > > > --- In [email protected], Homer > > Loner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > N: > > > Thought you acknowledged earlier that OEM > > software > > > could be sold with a CPU. > > > > > > Then, why couldn't the software be included in the > > > re-sale of the CPU? (NOT the whole machine)? > > > > > > Homer > > > > > > --- "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Your answer about used software is correct. But > > you > > > > may not resell > > > > OEM software under any condition unless you sell > > the > > > > entire machine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- "N. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > OEM licenses are non transferrable and can't > > be > > > > > > resold. > > > > > > Any OEM version you get off ebay as 'used' > > is > > > > > > useless. > > > > > > You need to obtain either a retail license > > or > > > > > > upgrade. > > > > > > > > > > > > Windows XP Home is the current version. > > > > > > The next version of Windows WILL NOT run on > > the > > > > > > hardware in your system. > > > > > > Microsoft is expecting to ship the next > > version > > > > of > > > > > > Windows in late > > > > > > 2006 but is expected that only high end > > machines > > > > > > purchased now will > > > > > > run it smoothly. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > Homer > > > > > > Loner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > To make it easy on yourself, try to find a > > Win > > > > > > > XP CD that includes SP2. That will give > > you > > > > the > > > > > > > latest version. (That may mean that you > > will > > > > have > > > > > > to > > > > > > > get an OEM version==OK, it is cheaper.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Homer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- JIM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Happygal, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. Is there a certain version of > > > > Windows > > > > > > XP > > > > > > > > that I need to get? > > > > > > > > > Home edition, yes, but a 3.0 or > > something? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Once you get any version of XP Home and > > get > > > > all > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > updates you have the > > > > > > > > most recent version. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Sports > > > > > > > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for > > Fantasy > > > > > > Football > > > > > > > http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > > > protection around > > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
