Hello David,
Microsoft are slowly tightening the screw on licensing ! More and more
they are using piracy as an excuse to increase the restrictions they
place on their users.
On Saturday 11 March 2006 23:40, David Male wrote:
> > > 3 machines similar...You can purchase machines and the OS
> >
> > separately
> >
> > > of course.
> > >
> > > David Male
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Would you care to say which Windows versions ?
>
> I should have read the next posts as the licence issue was covered...
No prob ! It happens to me as well !
> My windows versions are both XP Home, purchased from my local
> University (I am/was a student) then later, on a special price, XP
> Professional.
You will of course, have been supplied with the COA's In the small
print it states that the Licence is not valid unless the COA is
attached to the case of the machine that it is installed on.
> The charity I administer, five machines run Windows XP (donated along
> with Office all donated by Microsoft) and one has 98SE (which I may
> throw a Linux distro on to see what happens). We also have 2 XP Home
> disks purchased separately from the machines and 2 that came with
> machines and the sticker on the case...
>
> David Male
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you do decide to try Linux, go with one of the live CD's first. That
way you will get a taste for the look and feel before you commit to a
full instalation. In my opinion the best distribution is SuSE Linux
from Novell. There is a live cd iso for the current version on
Novell's web site.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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