Dumpster PC & OEM XP

[Circlotron]

Just last night I found a pc in a dumpster outside a shop that was being renovated (P4 2.53G, 80G, 512M, yay!) and it has XP OEM installed. There is that little bar code OEM sticker on the outside of the box. Seeing I now have the hardware that belongs with the O/S, under the terms of the license am I entitled to ask Microsoft for a replacement XP CD?

[jrevillug]

Don't think so. Micro$oft says in it's OEM manuals that it doesn't support OEM versions, and that you should go to the manufacturer. Although where this leaves you if it was a backstreet shop? but you can legally get a disc of some description. Dunno if you NEED the oem disc.

You could probably get an ordinary home/pro (depending on what is on the sticker) disc, provided tha you only load it onto that machine.

[KBK]

I haven't gone dumpster diving for quite some time. Good things can be found that way...

the end of the month is coming.

This means that here in Canada, that apartment dwellers or the like could be in the middle of being 'evicted'. The law states that all their goods MUST be thrown out. Not one item of any kind is allowed to be kept by the landlord/owner, or there will be criminal charges laid. Theft-ulterior motive, etc.... Same for commercial rentals/leases.

So, the last days of the month and the first day or so, are perfect for dumpster diving. Like a dog on garbage day.....