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05-30-2008
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| | Re: DELL Lock-in "JohnB" <JohnB@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B87E458E-DCFE-40AF-BA02-C10580FA85A9@xxxxxx Quote: > Does this tie me in to having to buy DELL hardware non-Dell hardware, and that includes virtual machines running on Dell hosts... Quote: > is it possible to obtain licences for legacy versions of Windows to run > under Virtual PC? -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: DELL Lock-in Mark Rae [MVP] wrote: Quote: Quote: >> is it possible to obtain licences for legacy versions of Windows to run >> under Virtual PC? > Any Microsoft Partner or VAR will happily sell you these... need.) -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: DELL Lock-in I doubt that VARs would sell you a Win9x/ME license, but you can get them from places like eBay. There are dozens of Win95 there today. http://computers.search.ebay.com/windows-"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OpKA6snwIHA.420@xxxxxx Quote: > Mark Rae [MVP] wrote: Quote: Quote: >>> is it possible to obtain licences for legacy versions of Windows to run >>> under Virtual PC? >> Any Microsoft Partner or VAR will happily sell you these... > Serious? I could buy, say, Win95 licenses now? Windows 2000? (If'n I > had the need.) > -- > .NET: It's About Trust! > http://vfred.mvps.org > |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: DELL Lock-in Colin Barnhorst wrote: Quote: > http://computers.search.ebay.com/windows-"Karl E. Peterson" <karl@xxxxxx> > wrote in message news:OpKA6snwIHA.420@xxxxxx Quote: >> Mark Rae [MVP] wrote: Quote: >>>> is it possible to obtain licences for legacy versions of Windows to run >>>> under Virtual PC? >>> >>> Any Microsoft Partner or VAR will happily sell you these... >> Serious? I could buy, say, Win95 licenses now? Windows 2000? (If'n I >> had the need.) > I doubt that VARs would sell you a Win9x/ME license, Quote: > but you can get them > from places like eBay. There are dozens of Win95 there today. ones. (Me, personally, I can get just 'em from my MSDN archive.) -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: DELL Lock-in Some of them are advertised as new upopened boxes. There is nothing unlegit with buying a "recycled" license as long as the EULA permits transfer of the license (retail upgrade and standard licenses are) and the seller provides the info that the software is not in use on any machine. I consider having been used for a previous upgrade as "in use" even though the software is not currently installed. You may not be able to get a Win95 license another way at this late date. Just use good judgment regarding the seller. "Karl E. Peterson" <karl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eN0aphowIHA.2292@xxxxxx Quote: > Colin Barnhorst wrote: Quote: >> http://computers.search.ebay.com/windows-"Karl E. Peterson" >> <karl@xxxxxx> >> wrote in message news:OpKA6snwIHA.420@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Mark Rae [MVP] wrote: >>>>> is it possible to obtain licences for legacy versions of Windows to >>>>> run >>>>> under Virtual PC? >>>> >>>> Any Microsoft Partner or VAR will happily sell you these... >>> >>> Serious? I could buy, say, Win95 licenses now? Windows 2000? (If'n I >>> had the need.) >> I doubt that VARs would sell you a Win9x/ME license, > Me too, which is why I wondered about that suggestion. > Quote: >> but you can get them >> from places like eBay. There are dozens of Win95 there today. > Sure, but I was wondering about "legit" new license sources, rather than > recycled ones. > > (Me, personally, I can get just 'em from my MSDN archive.) > -- > .NET: It's About Trust! > http://vfred.mvps.org > |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: DELL Lock-in Colin Barnhorst wrote: Quote: > Some of them are advertised as new upopened boxes. There is nothing unlegit > with buying a "recycled" license as long as the EULA permits transfer of the > license (retail upgrade and standard licenses are) and the seller provides > the info that the software is not in use on any machine. I consider having > been used for a previous upgrade as "in use" even though the software is not > currently installed. You may not be able to get a Win95 license another way > at this late date. Just use good judgment regarding the seller. Which, of course, is what led me to my initial response. :-) -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |
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