Re: ..selling a surplus wintendo sticker, was: dd_rescue No additional sense
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 01:36:35AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 00:34 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:57:13 +0100, keith wrote in message
> > <[🔎] 1339750633.2316.9.camel@hp-g62>:
> >
> > > However, there is a code sticker on the bottom of a laptop, that may
> > > let you get a copy from the manufacturer.
> >
> > ..I bought a laptop with a wintendo install that I used to
> > pick up the http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ installer, how much
> > is a surplus wintendo sticker sticker worth on e.g. Ebay?
>
> Serious, if possible ;D. How does it work. Somebody owning such a
> sticker needs to send it to Microsoft? The sticker is for the install
> medias + license? I don't think so.
> IIRC a friend who once bought a PC got the install medias for Vista 32,
> and 64 bit, but he needed to register the install. The computer buying
> price included a light version of Vista, to get the full version, there
> was the need to pay again. IIRC something needed to be unlocked. Am I
> suffering from delusions of lunacy or may I remember correctly? Perhaps
> both ;).
Maybe this?:
Just some results from 'intel microsoft vista "home basic" scandal'
search on Google:
http://www.technoledge.com.au/pdfs/marketing-windows7.pdf
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/microsoft-employee-caught-out-by-windows-vista-capable-logo/1288
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/WinXP/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/2012-01/msg00016.html
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