""Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against . . . We're after power and we mean it. "
- Dr. Floyd Ferris, character in Atlas Shrugged On 4/14/05, FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I caught that at my last live meeting, it also is not legal to move a COA > and OS from a OEM box to a white box even if the OEM box is destroyed. > > I think MS is trying it's best to make us all criminals IMO. I have done > what you did on occasion, ask customer for the cd and get a blank stair. > go figure > fp > > > At 05:36 AM 4/14/2005, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: > > > I have a lot of people come in that need Windows reinstalled. Sometimes > they have the Windows CD, sometimes the COA, rarely both. If they have the > CD, I call MS and get a number generated for them. If they have the COA, I > use my CD and their COA. I was talking to MS anti-piracy yesterday, and I > asked if that was "legal." Guess what? It isn't. If you have the COA but > no CD, you are not allowed to reinstall the software from another CD. You > must call MS, order a new CD for $45 (that includes shipping) and wait 7 to > 10 days. > > I tried to explain that a)if they had the COA and that meant they had a > license to run the software, then why would they want to wait 7 to 10 days, > and b)$45 was a lot of money for a CD with no license even including > shipping. Heck, $10 would make MS money. The guy agreed that it did take a > long time and that the price was high, but he pointed out, using another OEM > CD might cause problems because: 1)the old Windows I was installing over > might be customized (I told him I generally erased the drive) and 2)the OEM > CD I had might not have all the drivers. I explained that I could download > drivers, and he conceded I could do that, but triumphantly pointed out that > I might not want to. At that point I gave up. > > T > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Anti-Virus] > > > -- > Tallyho ! ]:8) > -- > Sorry the reply is a bit late... as my computer is just awake from the > crash. > -- G. Waleed Kavalec ------------------------------- Copyright: G. Waleed Kavalec 2005 This message may be resent and/or repuplished provided the content and this notice are kept intact.
