Mark, The COA allows you to install the appropriate license onto the machine.
Thousands of machines are reinstalled by imaging software in corporations every day. Your fine to install XP on a machine with an XP COA. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-12-07, at 15:54, "Mark Jenkins" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm starting my final push in my computer sell off project which I had > started as a computer give away project at the 1.0 space, and naturally > didn't want to move to 2.0 as November ground to a halt. > > After around 20 computers were given away, I switched gears and turned this > into a sell off project to help compensate for the costs of parts and time -- > and now the costs of transport, storage, and possibly waste disposal. All of > this I find more palatable than just tossing good equipment. > > 25% of my net profit is being donated to Skullspace. > > I mentioned before that I was going to put Windows on the machines with OEM > tags in order to make them easier to sell. I've since learned that the > licensing doesn't allow for that -- an OEM license sticker *MUST* be paired > with an installation derived from install media that comes from the OEM > itself. Unfortunately, hard drives that may have come with re-install > partitions no longer had them. > > Thank you Microsoft for making computer refurbishment with your OS impossible > without signing up for your special refurb licensing program. > > So, I'm pricing to clear. $15 machines with at least 1G DDR memory and all > YouTube capable. The advert that I'm putting in paid and free online > classifies is below. Pass it along to folks you know. > ----------- > > > I have old computers for sale, $15. > > Special: only $10 if pickup and purchase arranged tomorrow, Saturday December > 7. > > Note the operating system on these computers is not Microsoft Windows. These > systems come with lots of software, but other software that you may find > won't run on them. > > Contact: Mark Jenkins [email protected] > > Standard features: > > * Operating system is Lubuntu, a light weight variant of the Ubuntu Linux. > (version 12.04). > * 39 games, mostly old arcade style, but also a few board, card, puzzle, > role playing and simulation games > * LibreOffice a full featured office suite with word processor, > spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, equation, and database components, with > the ability to open and save Microsoft office file formats, including the new > xml formats (docx, xlsx) > * 30 hours of freely licensed mp3 music from Jamendo.com > * Chrome web browser by Google, with built-in flash plugin, video > cards/chips with YouTube and other video capability > * MP3 audio players > * Multi-protocol chat client > * All units have ethernet, USB, PS/2, sound, vga connectors > * Comes with a keyboard and power cable, but not a mouse or monitor > * CD drive > * Pentium IV or similar Intel Celeron or AMD processor > * At least 1GB DDR memory > * At least 30GB hard drive > > A free monitor, 15 inch CRT monitor is also available on request while > supplies last. > > Computers are sold as is, no returns. > > http://www.markjenkins.ca/computer-for_sale.html > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
