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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
      last edited by

      Is that a client server application? i.e. something has to be installed client side as well?

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      • iroalI
        iroal @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said:

        Is that a client server application? i.e. something has to be installed client side as well?

        Yes It's the typical Server/Client Application.
        Server only works in W2000 W2003 and client in W2000 or Xp.

        It's not possible to upgrade because of all the change done in the original model, next version Navison 4.0 can be install in W7 and W2008.

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        • IT-ADMINI
          IT-ADMIN
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          i recently virtualize a WIN Server 2008 R2, and it didn't ask me for activation, i wonder if it will be the case with you, i hope so

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @IT-ADMIN
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            @IT-ADMIN said:

            i recently virtualize a WIN Server 2008 R2, and it didn't ask me for activation, i wonder if it will be the case with you, i hope so

            Even if it doesn't require re-activation, he's still legally required to have a license for it.
            re-activation should be about the easiest part of this situation.

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              vmnomad @IT-ADMIN
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              @IT-ADMIN said:

              i recently virtualize a WIN Server 2008 R2, and it didn't ask me for activation, i wonder if it will be the case with you, i hope so

              Was it under OEM license?

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @vmnomad
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                @vmnomad said:

                @IT-ADMIN said:

                i recently virtualize a WIN Server 2008 R2, and it didn't ask me for activation, i wonder if it will be the case with you, i hope so

                Was it under OEM license?

                Does not matter. What matters is that you have a legally owned license.

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                  vmnomad @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch I thought OEM license binds you to specific hardware. So if you move OS off that server the license is still legally owned, but will prohibit you from running OS on another server

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                    Carnival Boy
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                    Correct. OEM lives and dies on the machine it was first installed on. It's not transferable. I think what Jared was saying is that it doesn't matter whether it activates or not - that's irrelevant as to whether it is legal or not. Just because it activates doesn't mean it is legal.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @Carnival Boy
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                      @Carnival-Boy said:

                      Correct. OEM lives and dies on the machine it was first installed on. It's not transferable. I think what Jared was saying is that it doesn't matter whether it activates or not - that's irrelevant as to whether it is legal or not. Just because it activates doesn't mean it is legal.

                      Exactly.

                      More specifically - MS doesn't specifically go out of its way to deactivate. If it deactivation happens, it happens, if not - that's fine too. But licensing has mostly always been on the honor system.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said:

                        @Carnival-Boy said:

                        Correct. OEM lives and dies on the machine it was first installed on. It's not transferable. I think what Jared was saying is that it doesn't matter whether it activates or not - that's irrelevant as to whether it is legal or not. Just because it activates doesn't mean it is legal.

                        Exactly.

                        More specifically - MS doesn't specifically go out of its way to deactivate. If it deactivation happens, it happens, if not - that's fine too. But licensing has mostly always been on the honor system.

                        All correct, but specifically, I meant that he can just P2V the server on to the new hardware and simply buy another OEM license from eBay or whatever and still be legal. Assuming, of course, that the eBay seller was legit and the license they sold was legal in the first place.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                          @JaredBusch said:

                          @Dashrender said:

                          @Carnival-Boy said:

                          Correct. OEM lives and dies on the machine it was first installed on. It's not transferable. I think what Jared was saying is that it doesn't matter whether it activates or not - that's irrelevant as to whether it is legal or not. Just because it activates doesn't mean it is legal.

                          Exactly.

                          More specifically - MS doesn't specifically go out of its way to deactivate. If it deactivation happens, it happens, if not - that's fine too. But licensing has mostly always been on the honor system.

                          All correct, but specifically, I meant that he can just P2V the server on to the new hardware and simply buy another OEM license from eBay or whatever and still be legal. Assuming, of course, that the eBay seller was legit and the license they sold was legal in the first place.

                          Hey - what do you know.. we're on the same page - (using most happiest tone possible - really I am)

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