Thread: Is it legal...
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Old 28-08-2007, 12:17 AM   #12
Ken Blake, MVP
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Re: Is it legal...

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:46:30 +0100, "Gordon"
<gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

> "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
> news:46aea700$0$211$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...
> > =?Utf-8?B?Qy1NMG4zeQ==?= wrote:
> >>
> >> ...to download a copy of windws from the net that doesnt come with akey(i
> >> want to use the one i purchased, but i sat on the cd...)

> >
> > Stupid idea. Buy a real, officail copy of the OS you want to use and use
> > that for best results.
> >

>
> Now that's also fairly dumb. As it's the KEY that is the essential
> possession not the CD, all the OP has to do is find a friend with the same
> type of Windows CD(generic OEM, Retail etc etc) and make a copy of it....



That's assuming that he actually has a legal key. Maybe he has, but
I'm certainly suspicious (as I suspect Plato is too).

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