Prison For Making Restore Disks for PCs With Legal Windows

[bbhaag]

I know I'll sleep better tonight knowing this guy is doing time.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Phew, and here I was thinking you were gonna say something condescending or foolish.

 

[sdifox]

Selling your old pc is not illegal. Selling the image of the Microsoft Windows Operating System installed on your old pc is. Especially when you sell tens of thousands of copies of it.

Except these had Windows on them whrn they were new. Companies wipe drives when lease is up. So it is fully licenced legally.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Except these had Windows on them whrn they were new. Companies wipe drives when lease is up. So it is fully licenced legally.

Microsoft begs to differ. When you "refurbish" a used PC (Microsoft licensed refurbisher), you are required to invalidate the previous (original) license key sticker, and PURCHASE a NEW Windows license for the refurbished PC.

You are also ONLY allowed to provide a "restore" disc, IF YOU OBTAIN A LEGAL ONE DIRECT FROM THE PC MFG.

 

[sdifox]

Microsoft begs to differ. When you "refurbish" a used PC (Microsoft licensed refurbisher), you are required to invalidate the previous (original) license key sticker, and PURCHASE a NEW Windows license for the refurbished PC.

You are also ONLY allowed to provide a "restore" disc, IF YOU OBTAIN A LEGAL ONE DIRECT FROM THE PC MFG.

Why? The licence goes with the machine no?

 

[Puffnstuff]

Why? The licence goes with the machine no?

True unless MS transfers it to another machine.

 

[Rebel_L]

Selling your old pc is not illegal. Selling the image of the Microsoft Windows Operating System installed on your old pc is. Especially when you sell tens of thousands of copies of it.

The windows license that comes with a dell pc (or all the oem versions of windows) is tied to a specific set of hardware, reinstalling windows and reusing the license that came with it is not an issue. If the original owner of that hardware is reusing that license on other hardware then they are actually the ones using a license illegally.

 

[Phokus]

Seems pretty unjust since the license is still with the computers.