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[shed301]

Not sure if this has been covered before, But i came across this website

OEM Software // Home

Now my main concern is it legit?, is it cracked?, is it unsafe etc. Has anyone else downloaded from here and what are his/her thoughts?. A $100 bucks sounds to good to be true?

cheers

[Sweetlifephoto]

OEM software is intended to be bundled and resold with a product typically a hardware device of some kind and cannot be sold as a standalone product.

More information here

Sorry like most things, if it sounds too good to be true...

[Jonbar18]

I ran into a similar thing recently (lightroom for $55) and there were a couple good answers here. Id link the thread but I can't on my phone... search threads started by me (click my name, then statistics) and tread through the thread "legit?"

Edit: got on the computer, so here you go: Legit?

[SwissJon]

Selling OEM software at a discounted price is a form of piracy that's been ongoing for many years. They'll take your money.. They might even supply you with some software.. But then again I can get software downloaded from Torrent sites.. Doesn't make it legal.

OEM software scams on the rise ? The Register

[Bruce A]

I purchased a CS5 download from this same crowd ages ago, the supplied serial worked - only for a while. I contacted them, they gave me several codes to alter to no avail - I got my money at least and learnt my lesson!

[Mike367]

It's my understanding that if you make significant hardware changes then you are, technically, an OEM. It is possible , therefore, to buy OEM versions of outdated software that were never distributed with new PCs due to upgrades. I could be completely wrong about that. However, Adobe never issued an OEM license for Photoshop, so any alleged OEM version is a pirated copy.

[shed301]

thanks for the reply guys, learnt my lesson with cracked software long ago so i've downloaded gimp just to get me by in the mean time..

thanks again

[SwissJon]

Originally Posted by Mike367

It's my understanding that if you make significant hardware changes then you are, technically, an OEM. It is possible , therefore, to buy OEM versions of outdated software that were never distributed with new PCs due to upgrades. I could be completely wrong about that.

I just want to correct this information as it's incorrect:

OEM Licences (as far as Microsoft are concerned) are licences that are purchased by licenced "OEM System Builders" with the sole intention of selling on to end users. They are not intended to be used by hobbyists who change their systems. There are some fairly stringent rules over OEM licences, and reselling OEM software is strictly prohibited.

In fact, picking up on what you said. If you purchased a system with an OEM licence, and then upgraded the motherboard, then Microsoft counts this as a completely new product for which you must buy a licence other than the OEM one.

http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/lice...hobbyists.aspx

As far as what Bruce says, that just goes to prove they're selling pirated software.

Sorry guys.. The licencing by M$ stinks, but they have to keep their CEO's rich somehow!!

[ChrisAdval]

Originally Posted by shed301

Not sure if this has been covered before, But i came across this website

OEM Software // Home

Now my main concern is it legit?, is it cracked?, is it unsafe etc. Has anyone else downloaded from here and what are his/her thoughts?. A $100 bucks sounds to good to be true?

cheers

softstore4business.net itself sounds "fishy" to me even....