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<blockquote data-quote="Digsy" data-source="post: 1247911" data-attributes="member: 163222">Well, when I built my HTPC I bought a copy of W7 OEM, but I am sure that the documentation that came with it stated that it was only supposed to be supplied with a complete system, which of course it wasn't. So maybe its a legal &quot;loophole&quot; in the UK rather than being completely legal.Maybe I am wrong, but I was under the impression that the very cheap license keys sold online are harvested from dead PCs, or are enterprise / volume licenses which are being freely distributed. Given that W7 was still selling for about 70GBP before W8 was launched, it still seems odd that someone would sell a new, unregistered W7 OEM license for such a small amount of money, even now.Who knows what will happen after Brexit? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Digsy, post: 1247911, member: 163222"] Well, when I built my HTPC I bought a copy of W7 OEM, but I am sure that the documentation that came with it stated that it was only supposed to be supplied with a complete system, which of course it wasn't. So maybe its a legal "loophole" in the UK rather than being completely legal. Maybe I am wrong, but I was under the impression that the very cheap license keys sold online are harvested from dead PCs, or are enterprise / volume licenses which are being freely distributed. Given that W7 was still selling for about 70GBP before W8 was launched, it still seems odd that someone would sell a new, unregistered W7 OEM license for such a small amount of money, even now. Who knows what will happen after Brexit? :);)o_O:( [/QUOTE]

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