[Nottingham] query on new laptop

[Paul Tew]

On 15 July 2010 13:22, Camilo Mesias <camilo at mesias.co.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Paul Tew <binarybod at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Does that work then? I wasn't sure if a Windows license that came
> bundled with some hardware could be transferred to other hardware (or
> virtual hardware)...
>
> It seems morally right but maybe not legally so!
>
> -Cam


You may be right, I haven't read the licensing (because I haven't even
considered creating the machine yet) but as it's an OEM version it's
unlikely to allow installation in a VM even though the VM is running
inside the same hardware the OEM version WAS meant for...

Paul
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