Vista - Re: How Many Laws did I break?

11-23-2008

You did not violate any agreement at all...Not with MC or HP

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If you violated any agreement (and I'm not saying you did because IANAL
> anyway <G>) it would not be in the Windows EULA. Any agreement you broke
> would be between you and HP, not you and Microsoft; so you'd need to check
> any of the HP specific documentation and/or agreements to see if this is
> so.
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> "Justin" <Justin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I bought a HP PC with all the HP installed junk on it. It was made clear
>>to me I wouldn't be able to order a standard OEM DVD to reformat and
>>install just Windows - with nothing else.
>> So I downloaded it. Not from Bittorrent, but from IRC - I'm old school.
>> Once Idid that, I wiped the drive, installed Vista entered the COA number
>> and all was well. I went through all the Microsoft updates, including
>> the Genuine advantage updates. All it well, I registered my copy of
>> Windows and am installing only the programs I want, such as Office '07.
>> Now, I was told that the OEM license somehow "requires" me to install the
>> HP junk. Can somebody show me the text where it says I'm required to
>> have HPs spyware installed on this machine? I skimmed the EULA and I
>> didn't see anything.

>

11-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
Tony n/a posts	Re: How Many Laws did I break? You did not violate any agreement at all...Not with MC or HP "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message newsCA8DFFD-EE3D-45CD-9DFD-B8F555D95EA1@xxxxxx Quote: > If you violated any agreement (and I'm not saying you did because IANAL > anyway <G>) it would not be in the Windows EULA. Any agreement you broke > would be between you and HP, not you and Microsoft; so you'd need to check > any of the HP specific documentation and/or agreements to see if this is > so. > > -- > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ > > > "Justin" <Justin@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uweARxZTJHA.3668@xxxxxx Quote: >>I bought a HP PC with all the HP installed junk on it. It was made clear >>to me I wouldn't be able to order a standard OEM DVD to reformat and >>install just Windows - with nothing else. >> So I downloaded it. Not from Bittorrent, but from IRC - I'm old school. >> Once Idid that, I wiped the drive, installed Vista entered the COA number >> and all was well. I went through all the Microsoft updates, including >> the Genuine advantage updates. All it well, I registered my copy of >> Windows and am installing only the programs I want, such as Office '07. >> Now, I was told that the OEM license somehow "requires" me to install the >> HP junk. Can somebody show me the text where it says I'm required to >> have HPs spyware installed on this machine? I skimmed the EULA and I >> didn't see anything. >
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