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voonee

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I would like to know from someone who buy and sells laptops for a living and how they do it.

If you where to buy broken laptop with out a hard drive and fixed the laptop how would you run a genuine windows software without having to buy a whole new windows software.

And the COA sticker is on the bottom of the laptops

Please give details of how you would do this, thanks.
 
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If you where to buy broken laptop with out a hard drive and fixed the laptop how would you run a genuine windows software without having to buy a whole new windows software.
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You cannot without committing piracy.
 
voonee said:
I would like to know from someone who buy and sells laptops for a living and how they do it.

If you where to buy broken laptop with out a hard drive and fixed the laptop how would you run a genuine windows software without having to buy a whole new windows software.

Please give details of how you would do this, thanks.
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When I go to install Windows I'll just use a Windows disc of the version it has a COA for on the bottom of the laptop and use that COA to activate it.
 
What you do is buy the used laptop cheap, buy a hard drive and a copy of windows, fix it up and sell it for more than you paid--thus making a profit and not breaking any laws!

Pretty Simple!
 
Wolfeymole said:
http://www.computerforum.com/198505-genuine-windows-software-please-help-3.html#post1655493
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Point? It's a genuine key. It's OEM yes, but it's only on that one machine and it sticks with that machine forever. You pay for that license when you buy that machine so there is no reason to go out and pay for another copy of windows.

Now, using the key affixed to another computer on that computer would violate that EULA. But using the key affixed to the machine does not. Let me make a change to what John said in that thread:

johnb35 said:
Technically you can use an oem version of XP to install and then use the key on the bottom of the laptop to install. However, you must call microsoft to have them activate it as it won't activate online. I did this procedure on a clients laptop using my copy of the cd but the code on their machine. Microsoft gave me a new activation code with no issues. Just make sure you use the same flavor of xp that was installed on the laptop, most likely home not professional.
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I have never had to call Microsoft to get a new code. The key on the machine will work perfectly fine and he won't have an issue activating it online. It's only if you use an OEM media to reinstall it and try to use the key on the bottom that you'll have a problem.
 
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Now, using the key affixed to another computer on that computer would violate that EULA.
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The above would not work for obvious reasons.

The OEM key sticker on a given machine is not in dispute.

The point I am making is that it is against the MS EULA to use another OEM that has already been installed on another machine even if one uses the OEM sticker key on the machine that one is about to install to.
 
Wolfeymole said:
The above would not work for obvious reasons.

The OEM key sticker on a given machine is not in dispute.

The point I am making is that it is against the MS EULA to use another OEM that has already been installed on another machine even if one uses the OEM sticker key on the machine that one is about to install to.
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Your last sentence there makes no sense. You're running in circles.

Show me where in the EULA it says you cannot reuse the key on the machine as many times as you need to reinstall Windows on that given machine.
 
Ok

Let's say you have a Dell box with an XP OEM installed and you have the OEM disk to hand.

You can reinstall XP as many times as you want on that Dell box.

BUT NOT ON ANY OTHER MACHINE.

Even using that machines key on the OEM sticker.

What you are failing to see is that it against the MS EULA to do so.
 
Wolfeymole said:
Ok

Let's say you have a Dell box with an XP OEM installed and you have the OEM disk to hand.

You can reinstall XP as many times as you want on that Dell box.

BUT NOT ON ANY OTHER MACHINE.

Even using that machines key on the OEM sticker.

What you are failing to see is that it against the MS EULA to do so.
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YES I KNOW THAT!

However, you are making it sound like the purchaser of the laptop without a hard drive CANNOT use the key on the bottom of his laptop. It does NOT violate Microsoft's EULA to reinstall Windows on that computer with the COA found on that computer.

I found this on Microsoft Answers and explains why I am able to always activate it without issues:
I have an IBM laptop whose harddrive failed, so I bought a new one on Newegg and went to reinstall Windows XP Pro (which I think origionally was SP1) using the Key on the bottom of the laptop. This particular laptop is several years old and I don't think I ever got the reinstall disks like I get with all my Dell's. So I used a retail install disc of Windows XP Pro, SP2 (the actual key is being used on a different computer). Anyways, the key on the back of my laptop wouldn't work, so I temporarily used the retail key on the retail package so I could finish the install.

So I am wondering why my key on the bottom of the laptop wouldn't work. Is it because I used a retail install disk, or maybe because the original key was for XP Pro SP1, not XP Pro SP2? What should I do?
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Yes, the problem occurred because you used a retail XP installation disc and the Product Key on the laptop's sticker is for an OEM version. You probably could have called Lenovo and gotten a recovery disc set for very little money. Otherwise you would have needed to install using a generic (non-branded) OEM disc that matched the version you had installed (Home/Pro/MCE) and the Product Key from the laptop's sticker.
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It's because I have OEM (Unbranded) discs I purchased from Newegg.
 
Yes, the problem occurred because you used a retail XP installation disc and the Product Key on the laptop's sticker is for an OEM version.
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Here we have mismatched Products keys like I mentioned earlier.

You probably could have called Lenovo and gotten a recovery disc set for very little money.
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I am unsure what the main issue in the quoted article is all about but it's obvious that the IBM machine had an OEM OS at one time.


Otherwise you would have needed to install using a generic (non-branded) OEM disc that matched the version you had installed (Home/Pro/MCE) and the Product Key from the laptop's sticker.
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A non branded OEM would have its own product key on the sticker in the packaging so therefore the key on the box in question would be of no further use.
 
Wolfeymole said:
A non branded OEM would have its own product key on the sticker in the packaging so therefore the key on the box in question would be of no further use.
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Wrong. Because it's unbranded you can use that install media on anything that already has a COA on it.
 
What would be the point when the new unbranded OEM media already has a product key?

I like you Voyager, you're quite a good debater.
 
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Wolfeymole said:
What would be the point when the new unbranded OEM media already has a product key?

I like you Voyager, you're quite a good debater.
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Well, when you work for a computer shop, you come across such media :P If they have other tech savvy friends, they may have a disc he could use.

/debate
 
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