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[Martin_1962]

Wasn't told that when I bought the old PC

Just checked, you was - its in the OEM EULA that the PC builder must get you to agree to

Never saw that!

Just had to hand over £20 more for pro over home

[TheBoy]

Wasn't told that when I bought the old PC

Just checked, you was - its in the OEM EULA that the PC builder must get you to agree to

Never saw that!

Just had to hand over £20 more for pro over home

Its part of the OEM agreement that the End User has to read and agree to the EULA before they can use Windows.

Additionally, I know for a fact that when you reinstalled it, you had to read the EULA at least once (possibly twice)

[Martin_1962]

Wasn't told that when I bought the old PC

Just checked, you was - its in the OEM EULA that the PC builder must get you to agree to

Never saw that!

Just had to hand over £20 more for pro over home

Its part of the OEM agreement that the End User has to read and agree to the EULA before they can use Windows.

Additionally, I know for a fact that when you reinstalled it, you had to read the EULA at least once (possibly twice)

Who is sad enough to read that!

I paid it's mine

[Debs.]

In respect of software/copyright:
I know it`s popular to consider Microsoft (and other large corporations) as fair-game when it comes to software copyright.....but, recently I had a 'World Champion' competitive sheepdog/handler photograph published by a copyright thief; it wasn`t a pleasant feeling to have one`s personal-work and efforts stolen and sold for someone else`s profit.
Please respect copyright ownership; there is always a victim!

[TheBoy]

Wasn't told that when I bought the old PC

Just checked, you was - its in the OEM EULA that the PC builder must get you to agree to

Never saw that!

Just had to hand over £20 more for pro over home

Its part of the OEM agreement that the End User has to read and agree to the EULA before they can use Windows.

Additionally, I know for a fact that when you reinstalled it, you had to read the EULA at least once (possibly twice)

Who is sad enough to read that!

I paid it's mine

Thats not actually true with software licencing.  You don't buy the software, you buy the right to use the software (within the constraints the vendor puts on it).

So what did you think was the difference between a £250 retail version of XP Pro and a £40-£90 (depending on how much buying power you have) OEM version of XP Pro?

[philhoward]

I was told (by the vendor) that the difference between the PC World version of XP Home and the version i bought was that support should have been via the system builder (i.e. me) rather than Microsoft themselves.  That reads to me as "i'm on my own" which suits me..

[TheBoy]

I was told (by the vendor) that the difference between the PC World version of XP Home and the version i bought was that support should have been via the system builder (i.e. me) rather than Microsoft themselves.  That reads to me as "i'm on my own" which suits me..

You must have got a licence with it as well (or they thought you did )

[TheBoy]

I was told (by the vendor) that the difference between the PC World version of XP Home and the version i bought was that support should have been via the system builder (i.e. me) rather than Microsoft themselves.  That reads to me as "i'm on my own" which suits me..

Actually, that sounds suspiciously like std OEM (slightly different to System Builder)  :-/

[philhoward]

OEM without the "OEM" in the serial number..