RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-03 Thread Don Guyer
ailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout Neither, the count is from the MAK. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Don Guyer [mail

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-03 Thread Don Guyer
ailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout KMS That's the central point, rather than every system activating independently. Si

Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Andrew S. Baker
gt; > Devon, PA 19333 > > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com > > > > *From:* Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:29 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:*

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Desmond
b.org] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout Microsoft charity licensing is excellent and I usually use that. But the potential problem is how do I tie OEM licenses to a volume license since I'd us

RE: Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (was: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout)

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Desmond
nterprise? (was: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout) Don't know the cost difference yet - we're gathering data for an EA as I mash keys. However, with SA I'd expect the numbers to be not as far apart as I fear. Kurt On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 12:56, Don Guyer wrote: &g

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Desmond
Neither, the count is from the MAK. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout I'd like to

Re: Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (was: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout)

2010-09-02 Thread John Cook
irect: (610) 993-3299 > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> > > > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:36 PM > To: NT Sy

Re: Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (was: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout)

2010-09-02 Thread Richard Stovall
; > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:36 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (was: Re

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Don Guyer
6 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com <mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout Didn't mean to imply differently. In licensing m

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Malcolm Reitz
ect: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout The KMS has no idea about how many licenses y

Re: Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (was: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout)

2010-09-02 Thread Kurt Buff
> Direct: (610) 993-3299 > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > don.gu...@prufoxroach.com > > > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:36 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (w

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Don Guyer
Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com <mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout The KMS has no idea

RE: Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (was: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout)

2010-09-02 Thread Don Guyer
s, Inc > > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > > ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com > > > > From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:31 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Malcolm Reitz
The KMS has no idea about how many licenses you own. All it does is act as an internal activation service. -Malcolm From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 13:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

Hijack: Why Pro and not Enterprise? (was: Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout)

2010-09-02 Thread Kurt Buff
847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > > ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com > > > > From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:31 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout > > > > Micr

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Cameron Cooper
[mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout Microsoft charity licensing is excellent and I usually use that. But the potential problem is how do I tie OEM licenses to a volume license

RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Cameron Cooper
We just started this process and at the moment have been using the MAK keys (Windows 7 and Office 2010). Once I have more time to setup KMS, we'll switch over to that. We don't do imaging (will at some point) and installed via a network location for both. _ Cameron C

re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Tom Miller
Microsoft charity licensing is excellent and I usually use that. But the potential problem is how do I tie OEM licenses to a volume license since I'd use a volume license in my image? I don't want Windows 7 machines built with my image halting due to "licensing issues" as the KMS system doesn'

Re: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

2010-09-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
Windows 7 Professional gives you downgrade rights to both XP Pro and Vista Business: http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/downgrade_rights.aspx These days I don't buy anything without Windows 7 Pro. On 9/2/2010 1:19 PM, Tom Miller wrote: > So with Windows 7 and licensing,