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  • Angry
    I will make you galleries for a reciprocal link
    • Oct 2006
    • 359
    #1

    MicroSoft changes its Vista license policy

    Customer concerns over changes to Windows Vista licensing that would limit a transfer of the license to only one machine have moved Microsoft to revise the operating system licensing policy.

    Microsoft said today it has changed the retail license terms for Vista so that customers now may uninstall the OS from one machine and install it on another as many times as they want. The new terms do away with limitations on the number of new devices to which the license can be transferred.

    However, to continue the discouragement of piracy, Microsoft has worded the license so that it is clear that users cannot "share this license between devices."

    More below.
    http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...S/article.html
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    • aico
      Moo Moo Cow
      • Mar 2004
      • 14748
      #2
      Microsoft is pathetic

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        • Jensen
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2001
          • 3790
          #3
          good.. hated the old setup.. but what if the machine terms and you can't uninstall for some reason?

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            • Viper2K1
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2001
              • 1006
              #4
              i bought me a "vista premium ready" VAIO laptop mid october
              turns out if you buy a vista ready pc between october 26th and something like march 2007 you get a free upgrade

              Registered my laptop yesterday online and cheated a bit with the date of purchase ... hope it helps
              However I don't think i'll change to vista and just keep XP (media center edition )
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                • Z
                  Vidi Vici Veni
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 6308
                  #5
                  My new Dell XPS 700 is coming with XP Pro, but it has a free upgrade to Vista. I'm pumped about the new OS, but FUCK Microsoft for their licensing bullshit.

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                    • Pleasurepays
                      BANNED - SUPPORTING TUBES
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 11913
                      #6
                      Originally posted by aico
                      Microsoft is pathetic
                      yeah right.

                      we're all anxiously awaiting the creating of AicoSoft so you can show them how they are kidding themselves with billions when they could be making..... trillions ;)

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                        • aico
                          Moo Moo Cow
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 14748
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Pleasurepays
                          yeah right.

                          we're all anxiously awaiting the creating of AicoSoft so you can show them how they are kidding themselves with billions when they could be making..... trillions ;)
                          Wow, did you think of that all by yourself? I find it's better if you run it through your head a few times, before you actually say it, just to make sure you don't say something really fucking stupid. You should try this technique sometime.

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                            • marketsmart
                              HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 20419
                              #8
                              M$ gets worse daily...

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                                • Fluid
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jul 2001
                                  • 380
                                  #9
                                  Vista sucks ass
                                  I've got the latest beta (basically the release version) on my machine now, and the instalshield thing most programs use to install freezes constantly. Photoshop took about 5 tries to install, I gave up on office 2000 and had to download a newer office trial to get it on. There's still several other programs I can't get to totally install, so it will be coming off this machine this weekend.

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                                    • woj
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                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 47882
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Viper2K1
                                      i bought me a "vista premium ready" VAIO laptop mid october
                                      turns out if you buy a vista ready pc between october 26th and something like march 2007 you get a free upgrade

                                      Registered my laptop yesterday online and cheated a bit with the date of purchase ... hope it helps
                                      However I don't think i'll change to vista and just keep XP (media center edition )
                                      cool, good to know
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                                        • KRL
                                          Entrepreneur
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 31429
                                          #11
                                          Microsoft just did a deal with Novell on Linux.

                                          What's that tell you?

                                          They're working with Mozilla to make sure Fireofox works well with Vista?

                                          What's that say?

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                                            • Matt 26z
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Apr 2002
                                              • 18481
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by KRL
                                              They're working with Mozilla to make sure Fireofox works well with Vista?
                                              Even if Firefox gained a 99% market share, that doesn't hurt MS at all. They don't make a dime off IE, whereas Mozilla depends on Firefox.

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                                                • teksonline
                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                  • Jan 2005
                                                  • 2904
                                                  #13
                                                  thats not so true, the browser market is dependent on the integrated auto search feature, while that MSIE has options for you to choose, would very much like to be a big share of that to get queries into its "LIVE" search engine

                                                  Does anyone read these posts before replying? All these flames yet the announcement is good news

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                                                    • GrouchyAdmin
                                                      Now choke yourself!
                                                      • Apr 2006
                                                      • 12085
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Matt 26z
                                                      Even if Firefox gained a 99% market share, that doesn't hurt MS at all. They don't make a dime off IE, whereas Mozilla depends on Firefox.
                                                      holy shit msn search and the ie default page is a figment of my imagination!

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                                                        • Barefootsies
                                                          Choice is an Illusion
                                                          • Feb 2005
                                                          • 42635
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Pleasurepays
                                                          yeah right.

                                                          we're all anxiously awaiting the creating of AicoSoft so you can show them how they are kidding themselves with billions when they could be making..... trillions ;)
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