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By Steve Glover, February 04, 2013

Green IT, Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher, Refurbished PC

Here's a way to legally license your refurbished PC

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Improperly licensed software being installed on refurbished PCs by unscrupulous dealers not only puts purchasers at risk and deprives them of the benefits of being a legitimate software licensee, but also makes it difficult for legitimate refurbishers to compete effectively against pirate prices. In response to concerns expressed by legitimate refurbishers worldwide, and as another measure being taken to thwart software piracy, Microsoft launched the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) program. Under the program, a … Read More …

By Steve Glover, January 17, 2013

Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher, Refurbished PC

Buyer beware! Counterfeit software rampant in refurbished equipment market

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Using refurbished computer equipment–printers, servers and mostly desktop and laptop PCs–is an attractive option for cost-conscious organizations like small- to mid-size firms, school boards and individual schools, for example. Unfortunately, however, the refurbished equipment market has also been a hotbed of software piracy–primarily the illegal use of improperly licensed operating system software. According to Microsoft, counterfeit software is a serious and growing problem for the 35 million PCs that are refurbished and resold globally each … Read More …

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