[Nottingham] query on new laptop

[Paul Tew]

On 14 July 2010 20:09, Michael Simms <michael at tuxgames.com> wrote:

> Sounds to me like he means he has a different licensed windows copy.
> Obviously just cos you have one, doesn't mean you would need to pay for
> subsequent ones you aren't using. Thats the way I read it anyway...
>
>
> Michael Simms, CEO - Tux Games LTD
> http://www.tuxgames.com
>
> On 07/14/2010 08:04 PM, James Holland wrote:
>
>> Maybe because I have a licensed VM running from the same IP address??
>> You've activated a copy of Windows, it doesn't matter if the hardware
>> it's running on is "real" or not.
>> You aren't entitled to a refund; I'm a windows-refund evangelist and I
>> can admit that.
>>
>>
Precisely Michael.

I have a licensed copy of XP which I use in the VM. It's the Vista Licence
which came with the laptop that I can't get a refund for. I'm not too
bothered because I can use that licence for a further VM which will come in
useful for some testing if I need to do any... Just for the record I don't
run any unlicensed software, ever. As a police officer it would be a tad
hypocritical I think.

As for what will use the webcam, the two applications I use are Cheese and
Skype. I understand that it isn't going to be too long before empathy will
be able to handle most webcams too, when that happens I'll be dropping
Skype.

Paul Tew
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