Is it legal to install and use OEM Windows yourself?

Question

Windows

The organization has several computers purchased without an OS. What if you buy OEM licenses and install and use them yourself, does this violate the licensing terms? From what I understood from the text on the back of the package with OEM Windows, you can’t do this, but in my opinion everyone does it ... Am I missing something about the terms of licensing OEM versions?

Answer 1

What if you buy OEM licenses and install and use them yourself, does this violate the licensing terms?

Yes, it does.

From what I understand from the text on the back of the package with OEM Windows, this cannot be done

Here you are right, you can't do that.

but i think everyone does it...

These are some of your fantasies.

Is there something I don't know about the licensing terms for OEM versions?

Well, find out, Google will help you.
www.softmark.ru/catalog/vendors/faq/detail.php?ID=9944
https://infostart.ru/1c/articles/1022794/
https://www.administrator-pro.ru/articles/tipiy_li.. .

Answer 2

Speaking of which, you can enter into a contract as an individual with your company to purchase/loan parts and supply computers you produce with an operating system installed, at zero cost to generate no taxes, even if no transfer actually takes place, the formal spirit licenses will be observed, but no one will engage in such insanity.
The software manufacturer can write anything in the license, as long as it does not contradict the laws, even if it is contrary to common sense. For example, demand every morning at 9 o'clock, on your knees, pronounce the praise of the manufacturer, adding 'tubala-pubala' after each word, scratching your right heel with your left hand, three times ... will you do this?
Are you aware that, under a Microsoft license, two or more people cannot use a computer (work and home revisions) at the same time? Literally, two people put their hands on the keyboard - already violators. I remember exactly how 'with foam at the mouth' a representative of Microsoft blamed ibik's decision for the opportunity to work on windows for several users at once, and even better and more convenient than standard terminal solutions, there sounded such crazy conclusions like - even split screen computer games were forbidden.
Probably, if one could do without this software, one could laugh and fulfill the requirement and not use it. But Microsoft is a planetary monopolist, there is an illusion of the possibility of not using windows, this is tantamount to the impossibility of using a computer in principle (and this is cultivated on purpose, i.e. Microsoft's goal in itself) and probably should even be perceived as a physical impact, well, literally your hands are tied and legs, they beat the ass, and if you somehow resist, they are accused of violating the laws that they themselves invent. Try to apply this physical analogy to yourself, especially in Russia there are excellent examples of this (for example, the authorities and their attempts to keep it).
Digital law gives rise to such perversions that one wonders and the opportunity to choose exactly how and to what extent to follow the license can be perceived as a form of protest and struggle against this violence and arbitrariness.

Answer 3

What if you buy OEM licenses

just like that, no one will sell them to you, because. neither you nor your organization are a PC assembler - this is checked at a time ...
If your organization has a PC without an OS and there is a desire to install Windows - install any distribution kit that, for example, meets the internal requirements of the organization, and then buy your choice :
1. Get Genuine Kit (GGK) - a special delivery of Windows for the legalization of existing personal computers, which is a kind of OEM license. Composition of GGK: Certificate of Authenticity (COA) - sticker, CD with product distribution kit, license agreement. There is no Downgrade right, each PC is activated separately. Minimum order - 1pc.
2. Get Genuine Windows Agreement (GGWA)- decision on the legalization of Windows within the framework of the Open License program. There is a Downgrade right, a multiple installation key (MAK) is used for activation. Minimum order - 5pcs.