Hi Mark,
I know what your saying, in fact I personally have 3 copies of OEM XP
Pro that I got when buying PCs on eBay etc. The problem seems to be in
the OEM EULA specifically. I need something concrete to show these very
nervous Windows only IT guys.
I might check out the Windows 7 OEM EULA, maybe it will let me install
it on VirtualBox.
Scott
Mark Walkom wrote:
You can usually find a vendor will to part with OEM if you buy
something small like a mouse.
Otherwise try seeing if someone has a copy they no longer need, there
should be a few with Win7 out.
2009/11/12 Scott Waller <sc...@wallers.com.au
<mailto:sc...@wallers.com.au>>
Hi SLUG,
Had an interesting day today, our IT department found out I was
running Ubuntu instead of Windows XP........
My setup currently is:
New Dell lappy, it came with Vista and a XP Pro downgrade License.
I still have a 40 gig partition with that original install on it,
on the other partition I have Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit with XP Pro
running in Sun's VirtualBox. It works a treat. Unfortunatly the
software I train people on only runs in Windows and the company
will not make it for any other platform....anyway my setup
currently works fantastically.
Well the issue that IT have with my setup is that the Windows XP
Pro Key I took off an old Toshiba Laptop that they threw in the
dumpster, is "violating" the OEM EULA. After doing a quick search
online and filtering out the crap, I found that I actually am!
According to the OEM Windows XP EULA, it can only ever be
installed on the original COMPUTER and that's it. The licence
basically dies with the hardware....thanks microsoft (I guess
that's why Billy's so rich)
So in order to comply, I need a "retail" version of XP Pro which
can be installed on multiple PCs (not running at the same time).
My Boss who would have to approve the expense of either XP or 7
retail version is very anti anything not microsoft.
I will offer to personally pay for the copy of 7 so I can keep my
Ubuntu setup, but would like to find a loophole.
So my question to you folks is:
Is there a way around buying either a XP "open" license or Windows
7 Pro Retail?
Thanks
Scott
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