On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:31:59 -0500, you wrote:
>> Strictly! If you carry out any work on a Windows machine that is
>> without a valid licence then you are aiding and abetting a felony !!
>>
How come? Unless you personally installed the OS. How could you possibly know
if the computer is
licensed? In the UK motor vehicles have to display a road tax disc when "on
the road" so in effect
it is illegal to work on an un taxed (licensed) vehicle -
>
>At this point I do not know who I am responding to (above paragraph) but I
>will tell you when I smell a rat. When a potential new customer calls me I
>ask the following questions:
>
>What kind of computer do you have?
Er - square box with buttons the front.
>
>What Windows came on your computer (when new, not what Windows is on it
>now)?
Dunno!
>
>How old is your computer?
7 years
>
>If they bought a Dell, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, eMachine, Gateway etc.
You mean people are still daft enough to buy these branded boxes?
>and
>it is 4.5 years old or less I know it will have had a COA attached when they
>bought it. None remove these
Are you 100% positive about that?
> --- so far. When the manufacturer uses a
>different Product Key than is on the COA is when I have to call Microsoft,
>even when there are no hardware changes. Hewlett Packard is most famous for
>this.
As are many others.
>
>When they have upgraded to XP I ask where they bought it. Around here
>(Albany, GA) over 90% say they got it from a friend.
Who happened to get a new computer and threw away his old one.
>
>When it was a built computer many do not have a COA. You would be surprised
>at how many builders still pirate OEM Windows XP. If built on a buddy's
>kitchen table, look out! I ask further questions to ascertain if they have a
>legal copy of Windows. I could work on them with the understanding that if
>it does not clear authentication, the updating process will end at that
>point and my job has been done and I expect full pay. I strongly prefer to
>avoid working in that environment.
>
>Chuck
>
Chuck
Why are you so paranoid about Windows COA and whose owns the bloody thing.
Remember you are the
servant and your master is the customer - don't take the master's
responsibilities on your own
shoulders.
Sir Hugh of Bognor
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