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great read, pity you had to jump through so many hoops to get a result though. i guess thats one of the resulst of software piracy, everybody is suspicious of anythign not quite kosher and simply assume you're a crook rather than look at the facts!
i had to reinstall my copy of windows 7 within a week of first activating and lost count of the times i was asked if it ws installed on more than one computer, is this the only copy you will be installing, are there any other copies etc etc!
It think the problem may have been that to legally use a volume license you have to upgrade from an older OP system. Not to mention the requirement for having 5 other upgraded PC's in the network was not met.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/bus...ow-to-buy.aspx
I won't get into the fact that clearly the Cd was mislabled and in the wrong box to begin with.
Windows licenses available through Volume Licensing are upgrade-only licenses
They do not replace purchasing the initial Windows licenses for software that comes pre-installed on new PCs. Each desktop that runs the Windows 7 upgrade must first be licensed to run one of the qualifying operating systems—otherwise the PC will not have a valid, legal Windows license.