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Years back, I had had a Windows-XL PC.
As time went by, I upgraded memory and the hard drive.
When Windows-7 came along, I purchased an OEM copy and installed it on that PC.
Things progressed and the PC became slower.
I purchased a re-furbished PC off the Internet without an Operating System installed on it.
I installed my OEM copy of Windows-7 on it and discarded the XL-PC.
Two weeks ago, the Company where my wife works sold off some PC they did not need.
Both are hardware wise two to three years old and both came with Windows-10 installed.
I do not like nor know Windows-10 and decided to have the memory increased and a SSD installed in them.
One had 4gb and the other 8gbs, both had 5400rpm Hard Drives with 8mb cache each.
I took then to Best Buy and signed up for the Geek Squad to do the hardware upgrades.
I also signed up for the Geek Squad to downgrade the PC's from Windows-10 to Windows-7.
I explained how I was going to discard my older PC's and wanted these running under Windows-7.
No problem they said!
I dropped off the new PC's and the hardware was upgraded.
I went to drop off the Envelopes with the COA on them and I was told they could not install the O/S.
They said I need to have 'purchased' software, which I did.
I purchased the copies of Windows-7 that I have from Trinity Software in Tampa Florida.
They claimed that OEM Software is tied to the serial number of the mother board and cannot be transferred.
I find this hard to believe.
Can anyone confirm what I have been told?
Microsoft never had a problem when I would call to have the Windows-7 installed activated.
As time went by, I upgraded memory and the hard drive.
When Windows-7 came along, I purchased an OEM copy and installed it on that PC.
Things progressed and the PC became slower.
I purchased a re-furbished PC off the Internet without an Operating System installed on it.
I installed my OEM copy of Windows-7 on it and discarded the XL-PC.
Two weeks ago, the Company where my wife works sold off some PC they did not need.
Both are hardware wise two to three years old and both came with Windows-10 installed.
I do not like nor know Windows-10 and decided to have the memory increased and a SSD installed in them.
One had 4gb and the other 8gbs, both had 5400rpm Hard Drives with 8mb cache each.
I took then to Best Buy and signed up for the Geek Squad to do the hardware upgrades.
I also signed up for the Geek Squad to downgrade the PC's from Windows-10 to Windows-7.
I explained how I was going to discard my older PC's and wanted these running under Windows-7.
No problem they said!
I dropped off the new PC's and the hardware was upgraded.
I went to drop off the Envelopes with the COA on them and I was told they could not install the O/S.
They said I need to have 'purchased' software, which I did.
I purchased the copies of Windows-7 that I have from Trinity Software in Tampa Florida.
They claimed that OEM Software is tied to the serial number of the mother board and cannot be transferred.
I find this hard to believe.
Can anyone confirm what I have been told?
Microsoft never had a problem when I would call to have the Windows-7 installed activated.