Copies of OS

I had this response in forum telling me that you can move an OS from one
computer to another and I told him it was illegal am I correct. I thought
that the OEM can only stay on the computer that it was installed on it.

This what I wrote:
Since when does Microsoft allow you to move an operating system from one
computer to another. Microsoft issues a unique OEM license to that product
and it is only legal to use it on the computer that it was installed onto.
You can't move the OS to another computer because it is ILLEGAL. Now, on the
second had allow Microsoft OS are based on the same model, so one operating
system to another are literally the same except that one is an upgrade to the
previous edition. I'm sorry that I upset you and I dind't mean to, but why do
think there are two sets of 98's.

Microsoft Partner:692849
This what the other person said:

Actually... unless things have changed (I used to work at Gateway - and we
had to be quite well-versed on the legalities of MS stuff...) it *IS* legal
to move Windows from one computer to another. What is illegal is to have it
on more than one computer at a time. If you move Windows from machine A to
machine B, and format machine A, then you are perfectly legal. Microsoft also
allows within its licensing provisions to have the machine you formatted
(machine A, in this example) to be able to boot to command.com (MS-DOS).

I believe that it is the individual Licensing Agreement that rules--read
what it says as all are not the same. If you still have concerns, write the
MS piracy people at:

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"braggwade2" wrote in message
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I had this response in forum telling me that you can move an OS from one
computer to another and I told him it was illegal am I correct. I thought
that the OEM can only stay on the computer that it was installed on it.

This what I wrote:
Since when does Microsoft allow you to move an operating system from
one
computer to another. Microsoft issues a unique OEM license to that product
and it is only legal to use it on the computer that it was installed onto.
You can't move the OS to another computer because it is ILLEGAL. Now, on
the
second had allow Microsoft OS are based on the same model, so one
operating
system to another are literally the same except that one is an upgrade to
the
previous edition. I'm sorry that I upset you and I dind't mean to, but why
do
think there are two sets of 98's.

Microsoft Partner:692849
This what the other person said:

Actually... unless things have changed (I used to work at Gateway - and we
had to be quite well-versed on the legalities of MS stuff...) it *IS*
legal
to move Windows from one computer to another. What is illegal is to have
it
on more than one computer at a time. If you move Windows from machine A to
machine B, and format machine A, then you are perfectly legal. Microsoft
also
allows within its licensing provisions to have the machine you formatted
(machine A, in this example) to be able to boot to command.com (MS-DOS).

"braggwade2" wrote:

I had this response in forum telling me that you can move an OS from one
computer to another and I told him it was illegal am I correct. I thought
that the OEM can only stay on the computer that it was installed on it.

The "Partner" response you quote does not refer to OEM systems. My
understanding is that an OEM version of an OS is licensed *only* to
the first machine it's installed on. It cannot be put onto another
machine, even if the first one is destroyed.

A full, retail version of the OS, on the other hand, can be
transferred to a second machine if it's removed from the first one.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)