A document containing this graphic was available just last year, in fact: [Update: Some people reading this article seem a bit confused.
The following language was not actually part of the Windows license agreement. Instead it was contained in official documents Microsoft distributed to help explain the license terms for its partners. But that document is now gone. In fact, over the past two years, someone at Microsoft has deliberately and methodically scrubbed all traces of those documents from the web. Only a few traces of that language have survived, as in this blog post from the Microsoft Small Business Community blog. They've been replaced with a single page at Microsoft's OEM Partner Center, which tries to stomp out the idea that end users can purchase and use this software.
What is Microsoft doing to clarify these terms to resellers and end-users? In addition to announcing this clarification to the System Builder channel, Microsoft is working with online retailers to post language on their websites explaining the licensing rules for OEM System Builder channel software.
Whoever was in charge of that effort has some 'splainin' to do, because no such language is available on any of the online retail sites I checked. I used Microsoft's own "decision engine" to shop for a single copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, bit edition.
When I tried to search for a fully licensed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate using Bing, I couldn't find it anywhere. Following the links from those Bing results led to pages at ZipZoomfly. None of those pages contained any licensing information not even a link to the Microsoft OEM license and none of them showed the actual product package. The listing page at Newegg. This software is intended for pre-installation on a new personal computer for resale That scenario was repeated on every site I visited.
If you're confused by all this information or lack thereof , you might do what several would-be buyers did and visit Microsoft's Windows 7 forums, where you can get your questions answered by Microsoft support engineers and MVPs. These Microsoft Answers forums generally do a good job on technical questions. But there's no guarantee you'll get a consistent or accurate answer on licensing issues.
Q: I have a small company and one of my clients has asked if I could upgrade several of their computers hardware and have inquired about me updating their computers to Windows 7. In researching pricing for Windows 7 to give an estimate on cost for their requested computer work, I see that several places offer for purchase "OEM System Builder" software. The OEM versions of Windows have been available to the general public for many, many years and have worked without problems. Q: I build my own computers--mainly so I'll know what's in them and dont have to fool with the manufacturers' alleged "tech support" while I'm in warranty.
So, to recap: A PC hobbyist or enthusiast who wants to buy a legal copy of Windows 7 at a discount gets confusing and conflicting information from Microsoft's web site. So, everything should work ok, and get me going for 30 days at least though?
I would like if I can at least use the disk to do the install, then within 30 days buy another win 7 key. Any legit key should work, correct? Or, is it going to be wanting some special Dell key? That depends on the type of "upgrade" disk. If it is a Microsoft upgrade disk, you can upgrade any qualifying OS on any machine. If it is a Dell-branded upgrade disk, my experience with OEM media is that it will not work on a non-Dell machine.
This is all theoretical on my part, as I haven't done this myself, so I hope it works out for you. Not necessarily That's a pretty strong 4 to be running at that clock speed. I think mine is at 2. Plus, I can't go over 1. I lost the use of my printer and scanner as well. There were no drivers or alternate drivers for each. I still think he should stay with XP. Maybe my new virus protection is making it worse. The poor performance and lock ups seem to have increased since I changed from McAfee to Norton.
Though, the guy at Microcenter told me it was because I didn't have a dual core processor. I paid a pretty penny for it : If you are looking to put Windows 7 on your XPS G4, just know the game port on the sound card is not supported in Windows 7.
It wasn't a big deal for me, so I just disabled the game port. If you are interested in upgrading This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse.
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SpiritX Volunteer Moderator. In reply to GhostRider's post on August 7, Hi, As I said above, the Windows 10 upgrade license is just an extension of the Windows 7 license. You can run one or the other but not both at the same time no dual boot or virtual machine. If you upgraded Windows 7 OEM to Windows 10 and successfully activated it you can then remove 10 and install 7 then remove 7 and install 10 no issue.
You would use your product key to re-install 7 and the Windows 10 Digital Entitlement would automagically activate Windows Again you can install either on the original maker's hardware one at a time.
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