| ▲ | aquova a day ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That might be even worse then, you'd be reselling a machine which was licensed under the previous owner's Windows key | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | art0rz a day ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
How is that worse when the key is bound to the hardware and non-transferable anyway? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | tremon a day ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In case of OEM, the license is never directly owned by the owner of the machine; the license is tied to the hardware, and you're selling it on with its license key attached. If you activate Windows using a bought license, that license does not get copied into the hardware. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||