Thread: Buying WIN 7

Windows 8 is Windows 7, but with an extra interface. I can flick through them both.
Its pretty slick after the small learning curve

Originally Posted by Takeovers

It seems DELL has purchased a lot of WIN 7 licenses and is now dumping them on the european market.

is that with a DELL machine or without a DELL machine ? a branded OEM version installed on non-branded PC is illegal, period. You need to use a generic OEM to be installed on an "assembled" PC to be legal. If you don't fit those requirements, you are in license violation and could be fined by BSA. Highly unlikely, but if you are a business, it's still a possibility.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

I don't want to use pirated copies here in europe - and elsehwere because there is no risk with automatic updates with a legal copy.

not even sure what has pirated copies anything to do with risk in automatic update ??? maybe you meant something else.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

After deciding that I don't want to switch to WIN 8 I now want to install WIN 7 on all our computers.

what a strange question actually. What is prompting you in the first place to switch to Win7 ? if that alone is not clear, then maybe you don't need to switch. Are you expecting live technical support from MS ? if no, then why ? the new mac-like interface maybe ? again, the average PC users seem to want to upgrade automatically without asking question why, like they were conditioned by marketing to do so.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

is that with a DELL machine or without a DELL machine ? a branded OEM version installed on non-branded PC is illegal, period.

Babbling again about things you don't know off, as usual.

It is legal under EU-regulation, wether Microsoft likes it or not. And wether you know it or not.

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Babbling again about things you don't know off, as usual.

you must be a lawyer then

Originally Posted by Takeovers

It is legal under EU-regulation, wether Microsoft likes it or not. And wether you know it or not.

priceless, legal under EU regulation, wtf !!! you are in direct violation of their License agreement which is a contract between you and MS, not you and the EU. Software is not a regulated industry, they pretty much get away with anything (except privacy and competition)

as usual, PC amateurs like you have no clue, but that's hardly surprising. In short, your copy of Win7 is not legal because it doesn't follow the purpose of your license agreement. In your case, you need a Retail version, not OEM, and that's a different price, for good reasons.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

priceless, legal under EU regulation, wtf !!! you are in direct violation of their License agreement which is a contract between you and MS, not you and the EU.

One would think that even you know that states or in this case the EU sets rules what can be legally part of a contract. Binding the OS to hardware is illegal in the EU and therefore MS can write what they want into their license. It may be valid elsewhere but is not in the EU and Microsoft recognizes it.

For a while they tried to get around it by not delivering an install DVD but only a recovery version that allowed to reset the PC to the state it was delivered in but they don't do that anymore.

Forget it takeovers, he is the IT guru you know, the littlest swinging dick on TD, bow to the master, he is the be all and end all on TDs IT world.

Well, to be fair to butterfly, he did walk me thru a pesky problem I had with MS Outlook a while back. He was actually the only one who exhibited any interest in my problem so there's that.

Did he show show you where the on switch was boony. I' m a funny old cvnt am I not.

Bollox.
I want windows 95 back.

Originally Posted by peterpan

Did he show show you where the on switch was boony. I' m a funny old cvnt am I not.

Strangely enough, that's the question Begbie asked me too.

The problem was a forgotten password - heavy brain-fart time!

I haven't paid for a copy of windows in years and don't plan to start.

Originally Posted by peterpan

Did he show show you where the on switch was boony. I' m a funny old cvnt am I not.

oh shutup old retard, buy an iPad, perfect for dinosaurs like you

Originally Posted by Takeovers

Binding the OS to hardware is illegal in the EU

priceless !!! like I said, you should be a lawyer

Originally Posted by Takeovers

For a while they tried to get around it by not delivering an install DVD but only a recovery version that allowed to reset the PC to the state it was delivered in but they don't do that anymore.

another gem, confusing manufacturers practices with MS licensing

like I said, you should be worry about those legal copies, buying them is the easy part, it's getting the correct ones that can be challenging for amateurs like you. As long as you don't install them in an office with employees, you should be fine, the BSA is not coming to your home.