[YLUG] old machine?

[Matthew Gates]

On Friday 18 July 2008, mike cloaked wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Chris Hardy <chris at clh.org.uk> wrote:
> > if they're Dell OEM discs, they won't work on anything other than Dell
> > machines
> >
> > i tried to rebuild a fujitsu machine with one - told me where to stick
> > it. Ended up using a dodgey copy of XP, and then changed the serial
> > code to make it 'legit' again
>
> Just had a thought - I wonder if these CDs would install in VMware?
> (Not used VMWare so am green on that issue!)

I don't think so.   I seem to recall a while ago trying to install my 
Dell "Recovery" CD in a VM, and it didn't work.   

It might be inaccurate, but I thought that when a machine changes owner, the 
Windows license does not transfer to the new owner - to be legal, you need 
to buy a new copy of Windows anyway.
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