Re: OEM Server 2003 Install - Won't Accept Key -- PCTECH

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Lukas Beeler wrote:

This means you have VL media.

Was wondering whether Volume License was literal or not.

An OEM/SBE license of Windows consists of a media and a key sticker.
OEM/SBE versions cannot be transferred to new machines, after
installing them once. This also means that most of the copies you can
buy from eBay are illegal.

If you have no media, you have no license.

I have both media and license. Both were unopened and located in what seems to be the original System Builder box. Everything looks above board, unless their selling a System Builder version as an OEM version is misleading.

Of course, you can still get this to install and activate, but you
still won't have a license.

Have the seller fix you up with the proper media or request a refund.

With a Volume License key, what should the proper media be? At this point I'm still not sure I have an argument.

This is the listing page (he's raised the price): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280503751299

This is what the box looked like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=270580670717

Bill

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