Most computers with OEM Vista preloaded do not come with a DVD Installation disk.

Scenario :
That computer crashes, and the recovery partition does not help restoring.
That particular computer manufacturer cannot provide with a set of recovery disks due to the age and or model of the computer.

Question :
Will it be allowed,under the UEA policy in general, and in this Vistax64 forum in particular, to suugest to the user to " borrow " a Vista DVD Installation disk ( with the same bit level of course ) and restore the computer using the user's own OEM product key ?
I read about EUA prohibiting "lending " the media to others.

t-4-2

Originally Posted by Brink

Hello t-4-2,

Yes, that's pefectly fine since they would be using their own product key number on the COA sticker on their computer.

Thank you.

When I mentioned about EUA prohibitting " lending " the media, I was referring to this..


excerpt.....8.SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you
some rights to use the software. The manufacturer or installer and Microsoft reserve all

other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may

use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must

comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain

ways. For more information, see the software documentation. You may not

· work around any technical limitations in the software;

· reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent

that applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;

· use components of the software to run applications not running on the software;

· make more copies of the software than specified in this agreement or allowed by

applicable law, despite this limitation;

· publish the software for others to copy;

· rent, lease or lend the software; or

· use the software for commercial software hosting services.