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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Exactly. All "volume license" means is that the same key can be used for multiple installs. So Cookie Monster, what you are suggesting would be a copyright violation unless you company pays for the license. I doubt they will do this for a private machine. Or, perhaps they have a way for you to reimburse them for the license since they do pay less per license (depending on total count) than a retail version would be.
Also, this is the only way to get a Vista Enterprise license.
BOb
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An example that wasn't a copyright violation is from when i worked in IT support in a school. The academic licence specifically allowed staff to install virtually any MS product, basically everything except server level stuff, at home. The school was only charged for the number of workstations on their premises.
If you have a copy of a corporate install dvd obtaining keys is a matter of running xxxxx xxxxx xxxx on a computer as it extracts all cd keys for MS products from your computer's registry.
If you don't have a valid licence then you are in breach of copyright laws. However, if you are covered by a licence there is nothing illegal with doing it.
[Moderator's Note -- I'm pretty sure that naming the tool to retrieve the installation keys is contrary to our policy on DRM, so I'm removing it. I just wanted to explain what was going on.]