[ale] WINDOWS 7 DVD from ebay or craigslist

[Jim Kinney]

Yeah. The retail OS can't be paired with an OEM license. I've seen the
license key not be accepted. Calling MS support to get a new key may or may
not work. A failed and replaced hard drive might work to get a new key but
only once. The old OEM key will become invalidated in the process.

On Jan 1, 2017 11:48 AM, "Greg Clifton" <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't speak specifically to the legality with regards to Win7, but we
> used to install Win XP long after it was no longer shipping as a downgrade.
> The requirements were that you had to have a legit Win 7 license and a Win
> XP disc + a legit license number. After the install, you had to call a M$
> and key in the numbers generated by the system and they would generate a
> legit authentication code. As I recall, the pre-installed versions of OS,
> whether on laptop or desktop  can't legally be used on a different system,
> but since VMs have become commonplace, M$ may have relaxed on that.
> Probably, the online authentication of an install with the previously used
> license will fail and you'll have to call M$ for a code. The rub is likely
> to come in the install itself, assuming you receive only a disc without the
> license code and it is a retail version of Win 7, your OEM laptop license
> code probably won't work for the install.
>
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> He he.  You are right but I dont know of any. :(
>>
>> Folks here are smart and may have some inputs.
>>
>> I just want a cheap Windows7 DVD thats all.
>>
>> -N
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 10:30 AM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/01/2017 10:04 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
>>> > Friends:
>>> >
>>> > Is it a safe bet to buy the recovery DVD on ebay ?
>>> > I have windows 7 license on a broken laptop, can I use that license key
>>> > and this WINDOWS Recovery DVD to install Windows on a KVM ?
>>>
>>> Should probably ask on a Windows forum.
>>>
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