Gotcha, figured as much but never looked 'er up.
Thx, Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout KMS That's the central point, rather than every system activating independently. Similar to the WSUS vs individual Windows/Microsoft Update connections ASB (My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Don Guyer <[email protected]> wrote: I'd like to know if it contacts MS from the workstation or the KMS box, to give them that count. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 [email protected] From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout Didn't mean to imply differently. In licensing matters, it's usually best to assume someone is watching all the time :-) -Malcolm From: Don Guyer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 14:58 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout But, once you start activating them, check out the count that now shows up under your MVLS website. Someone's watching you... J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 [email protected] From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout The KMS has no idea about how many licenses you own. All it does is act as an internal activation service. -Malcolm From: Tom Miller [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 13:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout Microsoft charity licensing is excellent and I usually use that. But the potential problem is how do I tie OEM licenses to a volume license since I'd use a volume license in my image? I don't want Windows 7 machines built with my image halting due to "licensing issues" as the KMS system doesn't realize it has enough licenses. 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