Reply to post: Re: 2nd User Systems

Good luck displacing Windows 7, Microsoft, it's still growing

Roland6 Silver badge

Re: 2nd User Systems

>And what's the licencing situation on that?

As long as it has a COA on it then you can install any version of Windows the COA permits. However, because MS don't get any revenue, they've deliberately made it difficult for OEM's to sell Windows reinstall media when not supplied with the original system. Likewise becasue they got no revenue from the second user market, they introduced the MAR programme to make it difficult for refurbisher's to refurbish systems that had a totally valid COA attached.

Once Windows is installed and using the correct OEM key (as per the OEM given on the COA), MS are going to be hard pushed trying to prove the system isn't legal!

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