[luau] [Article] Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off!

[beesond001 at hawaii.rr.com]

So suppose you R & R the hard drive, and then send the old disk with 
software to M$ for Xmas. That way, they get their install of software 
back.  Since the software is still installed on the originally intended 
device, have you met the letter of the law???  Also, how does this policy 
jive with upgrades?  It seems to me that you should start with a clean 
hard drive for each upgrade/install to prevent subsequent troubles.

Just a thought,

Ben 



 "It is a legal requirement that pre-installed operating systems
> remain with a machine for the life of the machine."

> If this is intended to mean what it says, then Microsoft is effectively
> treating the hardware and the software as a single, integrated package 
that
> you're not allowed to break up. If the statement is applied without
> qualification, then you're in breach of your licence agreement (and/or 
some
> bizarre law they've sneaked past us) if you vape Windows and put 
something
> else on instead, or if (as do many major companies) you buy a bunch of 
PCs
> with one MS installed and then install another....

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