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Tom Scales wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Noel Paton wrote: wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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