fruityandy said:
Ok how about this i buy a convertion for the laptop hhd to fit into my
desktop (which i have ordered) Wipe it clean then install win xp home with
the Laptops serial code. Will this work or will i get caught?
That depends upon the specific type of OEM installation CD that came
with the laptop. If you have a manufacturer's Recovery or Restore CD,
there's no way the installation would work, technically. If you have a
BIOS-locked OEM installation CD, there's no way the installation would
work. If you happen to have an unbranded, generic OEM CD, the
installation would work. However, the fact that the installation works
does not mean that you aren't in violation of the license. And, if the
OEM CD was provided by a major company, you'll have to activate by
telephone, deliberately lying to the activation agent in the process.
Im asking these questions because i dont know how the licence(s) work.
Licensing works pretty much like any other legally enforceable
contract: You and the other party agree to specific terms, and then
abide by them. As has been the case for pretty much as log has there
has been software, a software product is not sold/purchased; it's
licensed. You don't own a copy of the software, you own a license to
use it, if you continue to abide by that license's terms. The EULA
permits you to use the software only so long as you abide by the terms
of the contract. If you're one whose signature on a contract is
worthless, and who has no qualms about breaking promises, then the EULA
will be meaningless to you.
As you've already been informed, an OEM license is _permanently_ bound
to the first PC on which it's installed. An OEM license, once
installed, is not legally transferable to another computer under _any_
circumstances. If in question, simply read your EULA. It's in plain
English (assuming that you're posting from the US) and written at what
used to be the middle-school level, back when I attended school (decades
ago, admittedly).
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