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Article #212Re: No More James Bannan
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:33
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:33
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In message <8hg31aF805U1@mid.individual.net>, Rod Speed wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote > >> will s wrote >> >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote > >>>> Microsoft doesn't allow you to install an OEM licence for your own >>>> use, it has to be for an "unrelated" party. So you have to use a >>>> full-price retail licence. > >>> so all my PC's dont work and I am not typing this because >>> its on an OEM version and they dont work\\\bugger > >> So you've just publicly admitted to installing an OEM Windows licence >> for your own use, in contravention of Microsoft's licensing terms? > > Nope, he never signed up for any purported 'licensing terms' with an OEM > product. If he never agreed to the licence, then he has no permission to use the software, since the licence is the only thing giving such permission.
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