When Windows comes preinstalled on a computer, it has a license designated for Original Equipment Manufacturers. This OEM license only works to run Windows on the computer it came with, determined by ...

Microsoft offers many ways to buy Windows 7. You can buy the operating system preinstalled on a new PC, upgrade an existing PC using a shrink-wrapped retail package ...

Just curious if anyone has experience moving a non-OEM Windows installation to another computer. This was originally a Windows 8.1 Pro license purchased directly from Microsoft. Then upgraded to ...

Windows 7 Original Equipment Manufacturer is a version of the Windows operating system available to computer manufacturers and companies that build computer systems. A company can purchase Windows 7 ...

If Microsoft expects its customers to take license agreements seriously, it has a responsibility to communicate the terms of those agreements to its customers clearly and unambiguously. As I noted ...

Microsoft is now all-in on Windows 10. The company has stopped selling OEM licenses of Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8.1 to manufacturing partners, effectively restricting all new systems to ...

If you have a Windows 11/10 computer with a valid license key but want to install the same license on another Windows 11/10 machine, you can do so with the help of this tutorial. It is possible to ...

Microsoft is responding to a less than robust uptake of new Windows 8 devices by cutting the licensing costs for its original equipment manufacturing (OEM) partners. Microsoft officially launched its ...