Nope. I'm talking about one I got with another Optiplex machine awhile back.
John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Vista licensing question When you say Optiplex restory disks, you mean the ones that came with that specific machine, right? On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:23 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: > ... new Optiplex ...opted for Vista Business ... XP Pro shop .. use one of > the Optiplex "Restore" disks that puts a "Vanilla" XP Pro image on the machine. > So, would that violate the licensing or would that be legal? That would be compliant with Microsoft's licensing guidelines, as I understand them. I guess the Win 7 license limits downgrades to within 2 years of release or something like that, but Microsoft didn't think up that particular bit of evil until Win 7. -- 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/> ~
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