Poll: Do you transfer your OEM XP license "illegally"?

[Chiropteran]

Personally, I do. I'm not going to throw away a legally purchased copy of XP just because I change motherboards, despite the exact wording of the EULA saying this is illegal. I think the EULA just goes a bit too far and if challenged in court I don't really think it would hold up anyway. I figure as long as I own at least enough copies to have one license per running copy of XP, I should be in the clear.

Your wrong, and this is a piracy thread.
bsobel

 

[lxskllr]

I took the screw the EULA vote, but that's not entirely accurate. I take a more liberal interpretation of what a new mb is. I'll move an oem copy between mbs of the same socket, but if I go to a new socket, I buy a new O/S. In other words, I had moved my last oem copy between 2 socket 478 mbs, but when I went to socket 775 I bought a new copy.

 

[RallyMaster]

I have separate licenses for all of my computers and sometimes I do transfer them but I'm not going to repurchase an OS just because I upgraded.

 

[networkman]

"Other" - Explained:

Most of my PCs came with XP Pro pre-installed; a couple others I've transferred the license to *IF* the EULA terms allowed it. Read the fine print very carefully. Some EULAs allow for a "one-time transfer" with all rights, permissions, etc conferred to the new machine, and the old machine destroyed.

 

[treemonkey]

How would you even do it? Most OEM machines don't come with software.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: treemonkey
How would you even do it? Most OEM machines don't come with software.

They used to, but I think the question is more for the oem editions you get from NewEgg and such.

 

[bruceb]

Yes some new pcs do not come with the cds. But you can usually opt to pay a few
$$ extra on purchase to get them. I know Dell allows this & given the choice I always
ask for them. They are after all, for all the programs you had preinstalled & you may
need them or the license codes later on.