Software Question, Win7
#1
Posted 26 March 2015 - 10:30 PM
i heard you can use it 3 times or something?
Thx
#2
Posted 27 March 2015 - 05:01 AM
Who wants to reinstall every 30 days or deal with a pirated copy that may or may not stay activated based on what new Windows updates get pushed out? I've played that game, it wasn't worth it.
#3
Posted 27 March 2015 - 05:36 AM
Summon3r, on 26 March 2015 - 10:30 PM, said:
i heard you can use it 3 times or something?
Thx
It depends on the region you are living in and the product version you have bought.
Microsoft likes to claim that their software is bundled to the hardware, once you activated it. On the north amercian market this is the case for OEM versions of their OS. It is not the case for the retail version. You can install it on as many computers as you wish, as long as it never activated it on more then one at the same time.
In the EU and some other parts of the world this goes for OEM versions as well. Independent if they are freely available or if it came pre-installed on a computer. In those regions you can freely move your licence from one computer to another.
I do not know where which rule ecactly applies. If in doubt, you could contact a local computer magazin and ask them about the situation in your region of the world.
If you have trouble activating your key for some reason, you can usually make a call to the MS activation hotline. If asked by the automic system on how many systems your OS is running the correct answer is "only 1". If even that fails, you can chose to be redirected to a human to help you along further.
#4
Posted 27 March 2015 - 07:46 AM
#5
Posted 27 March 2015 - 08:14 AM
#6
Posted 27 March 2015 - 09:20 AM
#7
Posted 27 March 2015 - 10:08 AM
From what I can gather on my end, the MS terms are as strict and valid in Canada as they are in the US, so you have no way around it. I might be wrong, so you should consult someone in Canada who knows more about the ToU and EULA agreements of MS in your country.
#8
Posted 27 March 2015 - 08:47 PM
#9
Posted 28 March 2015 - 03:47 AM
Bill Lumbar, on 27 March 2015 - 10:50 PM, said:
If you say so...
http://windows.micro...ivacy-statement
Quote
What data is collected?
A unique number assigned to your computer by the tools (Globally Unique Identifier or GUID)
Product Key (hashed) and Product ID
For machines running Windows 7, data is collected after the Update to Windows Activation Technologies for Windows 7 has been installed. In addition, data is collected and sent to Microsoft every 90 days even if no activation exploit is detected. However, if the Update to Windows Activation Technologies for Windows 7 finds that essential Windows files have been tampered with, then data collected from that machine will be sent every 7 days until Windows becomes genuine.[...]
So are you spreading false informations or is it Microsoft?
Edited by Egomane, 28 March 2015 - 03:52 AM.
#10
Posted 28 March 2015 - 07:15 AM
#11
Posted 28 March 2015 - 07:21 AM
Flapdrol, on 28 March 2015 - 07:15 AM, said:
Do it at your own risk. Don't come running if your key gets blocked. I'm long enough in this business to have seen it happen several times.
Advice for license fraud is not a good advise.
#12
Posted 28 March 2015 - 07:40 AM
#13
Posted 28 March 2015 - 08:00 AM
Flapdrol, on 28 March 2015 - 07:15 AM, said:
Missed this...
There are tools out there that can read your activation key.
http://answers.micro...c8-c2eb70e950a9
Edited by Egomane, 28 March 2015 - 08:04 AM.
#14
Posted 28 March 2015 - 08:15 AM
Egomane, on 28 March 2015 - 08:00 AM, said:
Missed this...
There are tools out there that can read your activation key.
http://answers.micro...c8-c2eb70e950a9
I have keys for all systems, if one key gets nuked I'll still have the other one. With the tool it won't be an issue though, if I can still read the key from a stubborn harddrive with 4000 bad sectors that is.
#15
Posted 29 March 2015 - 01:26 PM
#16
Posted 31 March 2015 - 03:39 PM
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