I bought the darn thing and hate it. What I really want is just a good version of Windows XP Pro. I would even trade my new valid Vista Business for a valid XP Pro. But... my question is whether I even CAN do that since I already validated it.
2007-03-01 07:42:37 · 9 answers · asked by Cosmosis 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Sure you can...as long as you are selling the original retail media and you remove it from your machine. The person buying it may have to call Microsoft to get a new registration number since the one that came with it will have been validated for your machine.
2007-03-01 07:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by hllywood72 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was an OEM installation, theoretically it belongs
with the PC it was installed on. Sell the PC, and the
o/s along with any CD's should go with it.
If it was an ORIGINAL Retail Pack, separate from
your PC installation, and not a compliance upgrade
then there is no problem. Advertise it, and sell it.
But be careful how you word it, because ..
( .. and interesting subsidiary point here .. )
Contrary to popular belief, one never 'owns' a copy
of Windows. All your money buys you, is the right
to use it on PC hardware. Nothing more, nothing
less. What's more that 'right' is only temporary, and
can be taken away from you at any time.
The inference is? If you don't own it, you can't sell it!
Don't believe me? Read carefully, the EULA, i.e. the
End User License Agreement, available for viewing
at a Microsoft web site near you ... :o)
HTH.
C
2007-03-01 08:04:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not and here's why:
Microsoft Corp. Thursday released an update to Windows Vista that will shut down unauthorized versions of the OS that allow users to skip the product's activation system.
The move comes as pirated copies of Vista are already making the rounds, mere weeks after the product was released to business customers.
The update, which Microsoft has dubbed "frankenbuild," detects tampering of Windows Vista code that would allow users of the OS to work around the product's built-in activation system, which requires users to validate their copy of Vista with a product activation key to use the full version of the product after 30 days.
Frankenbuild mixes files from various test and final versions of the software. It will require only systems in which it detects specific tampering to go through a validation check for authenticity, according to a posting on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog.
If a version of Vista that has used a workaround to avoid product activation is detected, a user of that software will have 30 days before the OS goes into a reduced functionality mode, Microsoft said. In this mode, all users can do is access their existing files and surf the Web for an hour before having to log back on to the software.
The pirating of Windows has been a perennial problem for Microsoft, particularly in developing countries. The company began coming down hard against piracy last year with a widely criticized system it called Windows Genuine Advantage, which initially required users to validate their copies of Windows if they wanted to use Microsoft's update services.
Microsoft took its antipiracy campaign one step further with Vista by building the validation system directly into the OS. This system requires a Windows Vista user to validate the software through a product activation key within 30 days of using the OS to avoid having the software go into reduced functionality mode.
Source: http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061215vistaupdate/
2007-03-01 08:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because: a million) residing house windows xp makes use of a recommendations a lot less factors so for important networks upgrading would advise wide investments in new hardware 2) Vista and win 7 are not that tremendous, no longer worth procuring besides.
2016-12-05 02:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can sell it. Just give the validation code to the person who buys it, if you find someone who will.
2007-03-01 07:46:33 · answer #5 · answered by xenypoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not once it's validated. If the buyer installs it and validates it then they won't be allowed to. Then they'll be very unhappy, which would be bad if they know where you live.
2007-03-01 07:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the cd is good for 3 installs. from what i have heard vista sux
2007-03-01 07:46:56 · answer #7 · answered by defragmentedbrain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really. I know a lot of people who don't even like it.
2007-03-01 07:46:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you cannot resale vista.
2007-03-01 07:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by MisterMeToo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋