Windows XP Corporation - Are OEM Licenses tranferable?

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Are OEM licenses are transferable from one PC to another? I work for a large
company with about 5,000 people and we use the corporate editions.
 
No.

And corporate edition is a euphemism for stolen.

<quote>
Another common misconception is that you can transfer a preinstalled or OEM
copy of Windows from an "old" machine to a new machine. An OEM software
license may not be transferred from and old machine to a new machine—even if
that machine is no longer in use. The OEM license is tied to the machine on
which it was originally installed and can't be transferred to other
machines.
<quote>
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/YourPC_do.mspx

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Hello Wesley,
No.

And corporate edition is a euphemism for stolen.

<quote>
Another common misconception is that you can transfer a preinstalled
or OEM
copy of Windows from an "old" machine to a new machine. An OEM
software
license may not be transferred from and old machine to a new
machine—even if
that machine is no longer in use. The OEM license is tied to the
machine on
which it was originally installed and can't be transferred to other
machines.
<quote>
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So, you buy a car and you can't transfer the carburator to another one.
Yes, yes, I know... The old story.
 
So, you buy a car and you can't transfer the carburator to another one.

Did the read the EULA that came with the carb? :-D

I am not a lawyer. I do not work for Microsoft. I do not make the rules.

The only reason that anyone would by an OEM version is because it's cheaper.
One of the reasons that OEM software is cheaper is that the software comes
with different rules than the Full-Packaged Product (FPP) or the full retail
version.

<quote>
QUESTION: Can licenses be transferred between an outsourcer and its
customer?
ANSWER: Each type of license has its own rules around license transfer. OEM
software licenses must be transferred with the hardware on which the
software was originally installed. FPP licenses must be transferred with
everything that came in the retail box. Open licenses must be transferred
in conjunction with the entire Open agreement.
<quote>
from...
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/9/b/b9b1f066-51c3-4983-9c53-e65ebe104abe/Outsourcing.doc

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JMinahan said:
Are OEM licenses are transferable from one PC to another? I work for a
large
company with about 5,000 people and we use the corporate editions.
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What does the license say? It doesn't make much sense asking that question
here. With that number of seats you would have a volume license. Have you
asked the volume license rep?

A single generic OEM or branded OEM license is not transferable.
 
Paul Alda said:
So, you buy a car and you can't transfer the carburator to another one.
Yes, yes, I know... The old story.
Click to expand...

Yes, the old story. When purchasing a system, you had the choice between
a system coming along with a cheap preinstalled OEM version and a system
without any OS that requires the additional purchase of the WinXP Retail
version being way more expensive than any OEM version. The deal was that
the cheap OEM license is tied to the machine and that there is no Micro-
soft support for the OEM version. You were calculating both alternatives
and you felt that you were much better off when purchasing the cheaper
system with the preinstalled OEM version and that's just what you did.

However, now you would like to combine the low price of your system with
the advantages of the more expensive alternative and so you complain
about the deal that you made. That's pretty ridiculous, isn't it.
 
Hello Detlev,

Yes, yes, I know... The old story.

As you do, I purchase the largest package plus a spare one just in case and
I burn the OEM of course. Ridiculous isn't?
 
it is entirely possible because of volume license that it is transferable.
best to ask the ms rep to find out for sure.
or the corporate legal department.



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Are OEM licenses are transferable from one PC to another? I work for a large
company with about 5,000 people and we use the corporate editions.
 
JMinahan said:
Are OEM licenses are transferable from one PC to another? I work for a large
company with about 5,000 people and we use the corporate editions.
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No.

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mikeyhsd said:
it is entirely possible because of volume license that it is transferable.
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No, it isn't even remotely possible. First of all, OEM licenses are
non-transferable. Secondly, Volume licenses are *upgrade* licenses and
require the continued presence of the original, qualifying license.



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Do you have an agreement with Msft and sufficient licenses in reserve to install the same imaged software on all machines if an employee's machine(e.g. Dell, HP etc) dies or additional units deployed ?

Or
Do you purchase stand alone machines from an OEM and deploy them with the OEM software ?

..winston

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