That's kinda my take too, but I thought I'd toss it out there and see what folks came up with.
Maybe I *should* apply for the IT manager position that's open in my company. Maybe I could do something about this kind of silliness. Nah. I'm just not ready for it yet. Kurt On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 19:22, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > IANAL. I think you have to start over. Microsoft.com/licensing for the > official take. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:08 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Stupid licensing question - Win7 > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 19:03, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Our company has ordered a bunch of OEM/System Builder license Win7 >>> packages - they didn't use the open license agreements we have with >>> our two normal vendors. >> >> Since this seems to need clarification: >> >> You have a bunch of existing PCs running an older version of Windows. >> Someone ordered a big pile of Win7 OEM licenses. That was wrong; they >> should have ordered volume licenses. You'd like to convert the OEM >> licenses into something that will give you license compliance for >> those PCs. >> >> Do I have that right? >> >> -- Ben > > Correct for the most part - we did order new PCs for the engineers, and they > came with no OS, but these machines are for internal use only. > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
