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CCIP · 07-31-12, 04:21 PM

What's your disc and where'd you get it?

A lot of the windows installs are OEM, and are meant for one-time install, but if you install them again or in another system, they usually work - just that they will pester you about "Your copy of Windows is not genuine!". AFAIK that will not prevent your system from working normally otherwise. You can get rid of that message, either by paying M$ or by doing some google searching. But unless they've changed their policy, that doesn't mean they'll be suing you the moment you see that message.

I still suggest that you get a Windows install with your new system though. If you're getting your system build by someone else, you can always get them to install it OEM for you rather cheaply.

07-31-12, 04:21 PM	#13
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	What's your disc and where'd you get it? A lot of the windows installs are OEM, and are meant for one-time install, but if you install them again or in another system, they usually work - just that they will pester you about "Your copy of Windows is not genuine!". AFAIK that will not prevent your system from working normally otherwise. You can get rid of that message, either by paying M$ or by doing some google searching. But unless they've changed their policy, that doesn't mean they'll be suing you the moment you see that message. I still suggest that you get a Windows install with your new system though. If you're getting your system build by someone else, you can always get them to install it OEM for you rather cheaply. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)