blog post<\/a>, Microsoft has clarified as to how a clean install done on a blank hard drive from an upgrade install disc by an user who does not own a full license is in violation of the Windows 7 EULA (End User License Agreement). The post was triggered owing to blog posts and “how tos” that help users do a clean install from an upgrade disc. Since the upgrade option is a cheaper way of getting the OS, it was a fairly attractive means of getting a licensed version of the product for less. Microsoft’s EULA for upgrade discs explicitly states that must own a full version of a previous version of Windows if you want to use the Windows 7 upgrade disc. Now, what this means is that when you do a clean install, you are no longer own a “previous version” and are hence breaking the terms of the EULA.<\/p>\nMicrosoft has clarified the circumstances in which a clean install is perfectly legal in the following excerpt from the post: [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Now, here is the problem with the article\u2026<\/p>\n
This entire issue deals with Windows 7 Upgrade Media which is available ONLY in the Western world for a cheaper price. UPGRADE PACKAGES WON\u2019T BE AVAILABLE IN INDIA<\/strong>! So when they use the phrase \u201cWhen is Windows 7 Upgrade Illegal\u201d it is abso-fucking-lutely wrong<\/strong> since DVDs that will be available in India do NOT need you to have a copy of a previous edition of Windows installed.<\/p>\nThe article is bound to create confusion in the minds of the consumers about whether they can upgrade to Windows 7 or not since the blog post by Microsoft is talking ONLY about the Upgrade media!<\/strong> These consumers will then be going to retailers who further know squat about what they\u2019re selling and what options are available and these \u201ctech journalists\u201d after creating a confusion won\u2019t be held responsible.<\/p>\nIf you have Vista you can without any problem go ahead and use the \u201cupgrade\u201d option<\/strong> in the setup! You do NOT need the install media of your previously installed media since this is NOT the upgrade media<\/strong>.<\/p>\nI hold two sets of people responsible for this kind of horrendous reporting:<\/p>\n
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the people who write and pass such stuff (the journalists & editors)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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the people who fail to educate their people and the public (the PR)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
I\u2019m pretty sure the person who wrote this is oblivious of the fact that Windows 7 Upgrade media won\u2019t be available here (if he is aware and still wrote this, the editor is responsible for the fiasco.)<\/p>\n
The people at Microsoft who\u2019re supposed to educate the sales force for not informing their people about the differences in editions & versions available abroad and in India. Also, not educating and giving sufficiently clear information to media houses like UTVi (who own Techtree) about these differences.<\/p>\n
NOTE: <\/strong>If you’re eligible for an OEM upgrade that you bought a Vista machine post June-July and your OEM is giving you a Windows 7 upgrade, I’m assuming they’ll be giving you an upgrade media<\/strong>, in that case, you’ll need to upgrade, a clean install though possible would be violating the Terms.<\/p>\nThe second instance is a lot more surprising. Apparently Mr. Anwar.K.Sadath, Manager – Kerala state IT mission. Govt. of India, has in an article in the Malayala Manorama Yuva stated that Windows 7 is unstable and is not able to be run Google Chrome. W.O.W.! How bloody ignorant can you be?! For one, Google Chrome runs flawlessly on Windows 7, it ran well on Windows 7 RC & works smoothly on Windows 7 RTM.<\/p>\n
It surprises me as to how did the editor of the paper let this outrageous claim be published in the news paper!<\/p>\n
It never ceases to surprise me that the level of technology know-how is so low in our country despite all the IT glories we have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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