I believe most of us on this list get computers from a vendor that has a Windows XP, Vista or 7 OEM license. That license is married to that machine. When you sell or donate that computer you transfer all rights to the OEM software for that computer to the new owner. How do you make the new end user accept the license agreement?
You can install Office so it can be set to the "OEM out-of-box-where-you-gotta-accept-big-fat-license-agreement". There is an OEM switch. Those that build PCs normally use the OEM Preinstallation Kit to install Windows and Office. Art From: Devin Meade [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Time estimate needed Somewhat "Off Tread" but when we donate computer, we make the end user accept any license agreements. They also sign a form (attorney approved) absolving us of licensing issues. Upon purchase of new machines, we snapshot a box before first boot. When it's donated, restore it back and any original CD's (if we can find them). Can MS OFfice be set to "OEM out-of-box-where-you-gotta-accept-big-fat-license-agreement"? I think I saw that somewhere in the ORK. Surely someone on this list knows! Dont call me Shirley. -Devin On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Mike Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: If the machines are going to be sold on ebay then they will not be getting corporate copies of software. So unless you have one CD for Windows and Office for each then you are hard disk loading. If the machines have a COA on them then Windows is a safe bet, but I would put an Office Trial on each or else you might get implicated. If he then has the correct keys then he can put them in. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 13 November 2009 16:11 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Time estimate needed On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:16 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just installing what he gives me. :-) Be warned that you may still be held liable for copyright/contract/license violations if it turns out this "client" didn't have the rights to do what he's asking you to do. "I didn't know" may sound good to you, but the courts don't always agree. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
