Quoting Andy Smith <andy@???>:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 04:27:02PM +0000, David Anderson wrote:
> > Tuesday, November 21, 2006, 3:38:29 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > hgc> There has been some mention on this list recently of people getting XP
> with a
> > hgc> new machine and not so much as opening the packet or booting up. Does
> anyone
> > hgc> have an unopened pack of XP home that (s)he would be willing to sell?
> And if
> > hgc> so, for how much?
> > The problem with that is the software can only be used on that
> > machine
>
> My understanding is that while Microsoft may say that an OEM licence
> is not transferable, there is no European law that says this is the
> case. Of course, MS may block you from updating later anyway. And
> naturally, they may still decide to sue you, and may win. And I
> don't believe that either interpretation has ever been tested in
> court. And I'm not a lawyer.
Havent people heard of the firefox windiz update website?
It just allows FF users to get windows updates without using IE just google it.
Looking on forums seems to have turned up no problems with this website.
Theres even security update cds for each month as well on MS website.
Martin N
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