Check Microsoft's document on this:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...gVmztg&cad=rja
No, this loophole has been closed years ago. This is now illegal.
Not a good shop. Breaking the law and selling stolen property. If MS catches them they will go under trying to pay all the fines. MS are a$$'s about their software and money.
If these people had a good IT staff they would know you can downgrade vista and windows 7 keys to xp. IE. you can legally install XP on a machine that has one of the other stickers. You can downgrade the license.
How do I know this? I was slapped by MS and
Ebay for doing this. I sold Unopened, unused Windows ME licenses stickers, booklets, and Disks - with with a piece of hardware.. just as the rules said. Didn't work very long. Got quite the nasty-gram from both Ebay and MS. Scared me straight.
Actually, it's even illegal to sell rebuilt computers with valid license keys unless you include a copy of that software.
You are really required to buy a new key if you upgrade your motherboard. You don't have to if you repair you computer by getting a new motherboard.
Now, do people get away with selling these on ebay? Yep, they do. Is it legal? Nope. Will MS catch you eventually and could they fine you? Yep. Can you loose your Ebay account? Yep. I don't do it... I have worked to long to build up my account to get in poor standings. Each to their own I guess.
Funny how some on here are so against taking trash without asking, they talk about how illegal railroad iron is, are so against tweakers pulling wire from abandoned homes, but if they want to bend MS's software rules they see nothing wrong... :confused:
Originally Posted by wdaddy
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