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[FYI] Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off!



http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html

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Preinstalled Windows: AARGH! I can't get it off!  

By John Lettice  

Posted: 30/04/2002 at 11:14 GMT  

If a PC shipped with Windows preinstalled, can you remove the OS and 
install Linux instead? Well, no, according to Microsoft. A somewhat 
obscure Microsoft site aimed at helping schools deal with donated 
computers flatly states: "It is a legal requirement that pre-
installed operating systems remain with a machine for the life of the 
machine."  

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