Windows installs and buying licences.

dori2o

colin79666 wrote: »

Why not stick Ubuntu on them and offer Windows as an option for the buyer? I doubt you would make any profit on Windows as the extra value of the laptop wouldn't exceed the cost of the license and your time to build them.

Thats what I wanted to do but my BIL who paid for the laptops doesn't want to go that route.

I may have to do one as a Linux system and put it on Ebay and see what we get for it.

Otherwise it may be a case of just reselling with a 320GB HDD included. There would be some profit in it but not as much as we would have hoped.


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S0litaire

Why not buy OEM copies of the OS if you're intending on resale.
works out cheaper than buy the full retail version.

Win7 OEM home Premium = £72.99 (it's chepaer than the Win7 upgrade by around £12)

http://www.dabs.com/products/microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-w-sp1---1-pc---oem---dvd---64-bit---english-7J00.html?q=Microsoft%20OEM&src=16

fishybusiness

My question is, I have a windows 7 disk, can I use this and buy licences for all the laptops individually, then sell them on with the licences, or will we have to buy 18 Windows 7 disks with licences?

It used to be very clearcut that COA and install CD or recovery CD had to be supplied, especially if you were supplying from a business.

Things have changed, Windows 8 is often an ISO, and an email confirms COA.

If when you buy the licenses you have access to Microsoft's download service to get hold of the legitimate ISO, you are totally legal. Supply licence and ISO or install DVD.

Also, in the past I have installed everything, checked the machine is up and running and created a recovery disc using one of the many tools out there, and supplied a recovery disc. Buyers like this way of doing things.

Much more sellable with Windows btw.

jayzy1

Or you could install windows 7 and sell it installed as a trial version, the buyer then has 30 days to activate it or put another OS on it. That way the buyer can see everything working as well.

NiftyDigits

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

• COA
• Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Licensing

I'm not concerned about such things.
Do you think that if my COA became unattached from my laptop that I would be rushing out to purchase a new licence??
I would be preserving pre-activation as it was when it was supplied to me and it is what I would do in this case too.

Splott

NiftyDigits wrote: »

You don't need the COA to reinstall. Just the prerequisite Recovery Disc. The licence stays with the machine.... unless you have replaced the Motherboards.

This is incorrect. To be legal it has to have the CoA attached. If they were business machines, chances are they were bought without licenses. The original license will have been a volume license the business had so wouldn't have required a CoA but the license would not be allowed to continue with the machine when it was passed on by the company.

cootuk

You could put OEM XP on it from somewhere like http://www.softwarebilliger.de/betriebssysteme/windows-xp-home/

Costs are going to be a major factor here as a Core2Duo unit will only fetch a limited amount, say £120ish and much less if cosmetically damaged.
You're already in for £20 per unit for drives, plus initial laptop costs, plus OS, plus selling fees if you go Ebay route.

NiftyDigits

Splott wrote: »

This is incorrect. To be legal it has to have the CoA attached. If they were business machines, chances are they were bought without licenses. The original license will have been a volume license the business had so wouldn't have required a CoA but the license would not be allowed to continue with the machine when it was passed on by the company.

That is why I specified that they may have their own licences, the COAs may have been replaced by another.

Very simple to check. Incorrect? I don't think so. The COA means nothing in this case.
No different from the COA falling of my current machine. I wouldn't be purchasing a new licence.
They'll either have a licence attached or they won't.
Absolutely no way for Microsoft or anyone else to know or care as to whether the COA fell off or not.
If a licence is attached, the thing will activate successfully forever.

-TangleFoot-

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Do you think that if my COA became unattached from my laptop that I would be rushing out to purchase a new licence??

No. I'd expect you to glue it back on if you were planning on selling it though.

fishybusiness

They'll either have a licence attached or they won't.
Absolutely no way for Microsoft or anyone else to know or care as to whether the COA fell off or not.
If a licence is attached, the thing will activate successfully forever

Indeed it will. Perhaps the only caveat is the case of a buyer getting the 'jitters' because they do not have a COA and expect to have one. At best it could be a bit tricky, at worst seller may have to take a machine back.

Unfortunately, Microsoft have incredibly strict rules, and for the most part CD's, recovery discs and the like will be legal and work forever, now and then a seller is caught out for not following the rules to the letter.