Would this be legal??

[BadBen]

I want to sell my copy of Windows 2000 Pro OEM that I got this summer trew Ebay or something like that.

I have trie everything to trie to get my games and program work under Win2k with no luck. The program im talking about is the ATI Mulktimedia Center and bad support for Win2k in there driver. Also B-17 II as some artifact when running Win2k but are not present in WinME and Win98SE.

Thx in advance
BadBen

[Richard_Cranium72]

Legal only if the o/s is NOT installed on any other computer at the time of the sale.

O/S software is legal to install on only one computer at the time..

MS of course has expounded on this, but this is the boiled down version..

DrVette

[Mntsnow]

To be a legal OEM sell you will need to also include the HARDWARE that should have been bought with it. (HD or Motherboard or complete system). This is the only way that OEM software is legal to be sold.

*All Microsoft, & Corel Products(Software & Hardware) are OEM & they're sold with a computer system, and / or a hard drive and or Motherboard. NO EXCEPTIONS
This is from a local company that I have used to get items from when I needed it quickly and I was out of stock.

[justy]

That's quite scary,
I always thought the software license was independent of the hardware.

All the best, Justy.

[NDC]

Not the OEMS, they are not......

[Richard_Cranium72]

This is for systems that came with a MS product pre-loaded as I read it.

MS is full of ***** if they think folks are gonna abide by this ridiculous agreement.

As long as you don't duplicate their stuff, I doubt any court world hear a case of transfer, IMHO..

Microsoft OEM Customer License Agreement For
Embedded Systems


http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/embedded/nt/licensing/eula.asp


GRANT OF LICENSE. The SOFTWARE is licensed, not sold. This EULA grants you the following rights to the SOFTWARE:
- You may use the SOFTWARE only on the DEVICE

SOFTWARE Transfer allowed but with restrictions. You may permanently transfer rights under this EULA only as part of a permanent sale or transfer of the Device, and only if the recipient agrees to this EULA. If the SOFTWARE is an upgrade, any transfer must also include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE

[wyvrn]

Sell it. I don't think anyone is going to fault you.

[darrelld]

How much you want for it?

[King_Kooba_Fantastique]

So you ppl mean to say that its not possible to go into a shop and buy a copy of lets say why ME..er sorry i mean Win ME (without having to purchase a computer) ?..

Curious,
KKF.

[RenaissanceMan]

Hello, Ebay's policy on this matter is pretty clear as well. read up.
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Mntsnow]

KKF,

To LEGALLY buy a OEM version of software it MUST be "bundled" with either a Complete system OR with certain componants of a system...IE: Hard drive or Motherboard.

That is why it is silkscreened on the front of a OEM cd "For Distibution with a new pc....."

[flash4master]

im sure you guys have plenty of small (100MB or in that range) harddrives http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif