My brother is starting up a small business building and selling computers. We know that selling computers without an O/S can place people off and so are looking to buy OEM software such as operating systems but we aren’t reasonably clear what we need to buy.
For example, if we wanted to install Outlook on our systems to sell, would we only need to hold Windows Outlook OEM or do we need to buy other stuff?
I read somewhere that you also need to buy some licensing kit too, starting to sound expensive.
How many times can an OEM operating system be installed before licenses run out or something?
You WILL need to install an OEM Windows on each computer, and give the consumer the disk. If the computer goes incorrect he will despise you if he has no windows disk. In very quick time your customers will stop coming to you again.
You will need to buy an OEM license for each machine and give the consumer the disc. Windows OEM’s come with a disc, Office OEM’s on the other hand don’t but a backup disc can be requested by the consumer.
Be aware that Windows 7 is released on 22nd October so don’t bother with Outlook, go straight for Windows 7!
You will need to buy licenses from Microsoft to install them on each computer.
If you get a computer that has a coa on it you can use that to install it on that computer.
Each computer has to have its own coa you can not install the same program on different computers with the same coa.
The problem is not only when you install it will it question you But when the new consumer goes to update there system Microsoft will check to see if they have a legal copy of windows and if they have not then there is going to be some questions.
You can try selling them with Windows 2000 or anther none Microsoft OP