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The pc is a Compaq Deskpro EP/SB Series, 350Mhz Pentium 2.

I do have a copy of Windows98(SE), but it is an OEM from a
Dell
machine. So that would make it even more difficult to put on
the
Compaq.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Not only more difficult - but also illegal!

If the computer is mine, and the software(OS) is mine, then it
is
*not*
illegal.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.


Uh, yes it is. Read your license agreement. The Dell OEM OS stays
with the
Dell machine and is not transferable

I don't have to. I know enough to know what is enforceable and what
isn't as far as the law is concerned.

Just because Dell's license agreement says something, doesn't make
it
illegal.

If you were to buy a new car, and wanted the wheels from your first
put
on your new one, would it be illegal just because the old car's
paperwork said the wheels are not to be used on any other vehicle?

It may invalidate the warrantee, but that is a different issue.

***Dell's goal obviously is to inconvenience the consumer who buys
another brand of pc. That is the reason for difficulty in
installing
the Dell version of Windows on a Gateway, Compaq, ect. But I've
never
had a problem putting the same OS on another one of my Dell PCs.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.


Are you an attorney? I think not.

The license is absolutely enforceable. It's not even particularly
unusual.

And I'm sure you aren't an attorney either, because you are still
wrong.

But none of this has anything to do with the original post anyway. So
let's just continue to disagree.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.