> scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
>>> was now delivered with Windows 8 unfortunatelly.
>>
>> Can't you install the same OS that was on your old machine on the new
>> one? Then delete it off the old one (or maybe just not using it is
>> enough to satisfy the license terms?).
>
> No, Windows as to Version 7 needs to be activated, which means that your
> MAC-adress and other system specific numbers have to be registrated. Some
> changes were allowed (a new hard drive e.g.), but not a new machine. Now one has
> to make an account at Microsoft to use Windows 8. That means one has to give an
> email-address. This is a new qualitiy IMO. BTW I was not able to install Suse
> 12.3 at my machine (I yielded only a black screen with vertical white lines and
> had a lot of problems to get rid of it) and I'm really happy to have Windows
> back just to can use the machine...
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
>
>
Take a look at "remove WAT".
It totaly, and safely, remove the Windows Activation Technology and make 
your installations appears as been legitimately activated.

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