MSDN CD disposition

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Mon Oct 29 16:23:43 CDT 2018


On 10/29/18 2:09 PM, Electronics Plus wrote:
> Not required, I think. There are activation codes for SOME of the
> software on the CDs, but not most of them. Many will be trial
> versions or limited in some fashion. All of this old software is no
> longer under MS support, and much of it can be downloaded from MS or
> other sites for free. So my take on it is no need to kill them!

That would surprise me a bit; I'm not aware of any OS software being
"trial veriosn" type.  I think the shrink-wrap agreement calls for being
able to use it on up to 10 systems.  The copies of, XP, for example are
fully licensed working versions.

Anyone know for sure?

--Chuck



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