I need a legit XP and COA

aliasojo

Best places to look and what kind of price is the norm please?

Wary of getting ripped off.

TIA

Browntoa

£66.64 inc. VAT

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Microsoft+Windows+XP+Home+OEM+SP3?productId=25139

£68

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Microsoft-Windows-XP-Home-Edition-SP3-OEM-Single-Pack

£64

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114048

seems to be the correct price and trusted shops

sparklygemster

A quick note on OEM software, there are two types of license - OEM and Retail.

This is taken from the scan.co.uk... (but is common all over the interwebs),

If the individual software license is a desktop operating system (including Windows XP Media Center Edition), we grant you a nonexclusive right to distribute individual software licenses; provided that each one is distributed with either (a) a fully assembled computer system or (b) a nonperipheral computer hardware component.

A “fully assembled computer system” means a computer system consisting of at least a central processing unit, a motherboard, a hard drive, a power supply, and a case.
A “nonperipheral computer hardware component” means a component that will be an integral part of the fully assembled computer system on which the individual software license will be installed.

So.... if you want to buy this copy of XP you will need to buy something like a CPU, HDD, DVD, mainboard etc.

If you have a fully assembled PC and need to add a legit copy for the machine you will have to buy a 'Retail Boxed' version.

There is a Microsoft document here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/e/3/4e3eace0-4c6d-4123-9d0c-c80436181742/OSLicQA.doc

view it in HTM here: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=html&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2F209.85.229.132%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AXKMlhtB4R88J%3Adownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2F4%2Fe%2F3%2F4e3eace0-4c6d-4123-9d0c-c80436181742%2FOSLicQA.doc%2BWindows%2BLicense%2BOEM%2Band%2BRetail%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26cd%3D1%26gl%3Duk&ei=tW5eScvuLZDRjAeIwL29Dw&usg=AFQjCNEC0WJbuVcLN7qL8YF4WzSGKwvE3Q&sig2=7Dgj1dx3R6LaAoNszHo-IQ

Argh huge links sorry peeps, but a read of the document should explain better than I can about the differences.

Tallymanjohn

As far as companies like EBuyer, Scan etc. are concerned, I've always figured the onus is on them to apply the terms of the OEM agreement - if they are prepared to sell the OEM disk on its own, with no hardware then that's fine by me. The retail versions are so vastly different in price that it just doesn't make economic sense to buy them, especially as XP has a limited shelf life as far as support is concerned.

It's similar to the way that PCWorld are pushing the Student/Teacher version of Office 2007. When I originally installed one of these a few years ago, you had to actually supply the name of the educational establishment that the student/teacher was at (doubt whether it was ever checked) but I recently installed another copy & the question was never asked - it's all in the small print and the EULA which, of course, everybody reads don't they!!??

superscaper

Tallymanjohn wrote: »

It's similar to the way that PCWorld are pushing the Student/Teacher version of Office 2007. When I originally installed one of these a few years ago, you had to actually supply the name of the educational establishment that the student/teacher was at (doubt whether it was ever checked) but I recently installed another copy & the question was never asked -

Probably because you're not comparing like for like. PC World don't sell academic licenses AFAIK and you're thinking of the Home & Student edition of Office 2007 (the arrangement of editions is very different for 2007 than previous incarnations) and as the name says "Home" can be used by anyone, the fact it has "Student" in it doesn't mean you have to be a student to use it. If it were an academic license such as the old Student & Teacher edition that PC World did used to stock for pre 2007 versions then you'd be breaking the licensing by not being a student/teacher in using it. Have a look again at your version of Office 2007 and I bet it isn't "Student/Teacher" but actually "Home and Student".

Tallymanjohn

I've only seen the TV ads for PCWorld, so it may be the Home & Student version, but the one I actually purchased, from DABS, is Office Professional 2007 and it's just got a little red label at the bottom saying 'for academic use only'. It's installed, activated & updated quite happily on one desktop & one laptop with no mention during installation of any verification of being a student - as it happens, both my sons are at University & my wife's ineducation as well so I figure we're covered, and as the software cost £118 as opposed to nearly £400.....

spud17

Tallymanjohn wrote: »

I've only seen the TV ads for PCWorld, so it may be the Home & Student version, but the one I actually purchased, from DABS, is Office Professional 2007 and it's just got a little red label at the bottom saying 'for academic use only'. It's installed, activated & updated quite happily on one desktop & one laptop with no mention during installation of any verification of being a student - as it happens, both my sons are at University & my wife's ineducation as well so I figure we're covered, and as the software cost £118 as opposed to nearly £400.....

If this is the case then you should have gone HERE.

superscaper

Tallymanjohn wrote: »

I've only seen the TV ads for PCWorld, so it may be the Home & Student version, but the one I actually purchased, from DABS, is Office Professional 2007 and it's just got a little red label at the bottom saying 'for academic use only'. It's installed, activated & updated quite happily on one desktop & one laptop with no mention during installation of any verification of being a student - as it happens, both my sons are at University & my wife's ineducation as well so I figure we're covered, and as the software cost £118 as opposed to nearly £400.....

The academic licenses for 2007 are not software verified (I have some myself legitimately). The people in education need to be in the same household. Just because something is easy to bypass doesn't make any more legal. If you're using it legitimately then fine, if not then it's actually no different than downloading pirated software (so in fact you've wasted £118).

As for university attendance, personally I bought Office 2007 Ultimate edition full retail licence (www.theultimatesteal.co.uk) for under £40, so if you're using it legitimately you still could have got a much better deal. Even www.software4students.co.uk sell Office 2007 Professional Plus for about £46.