Second hand windows from amazon/eBay.

Original title: the SECOND HAND OF AMAZON/e-BAY WINDOWS.

I'm buying a copy used Windows Vista DVD on Amazon or eBay. Can I install and activate as new copies of Windows that I myself bought, without any problem?

Isn't that mean a form of license transfer?

Only a licensed version of Windows Vista retail could be "transferred" to another owner.  Some of the eBay sales are not legitimate sales - people just out to make money for those who know less, these things, what they don't.  The software and the license they sell may even work for several years - until the "system".  At this point, you have a basis weight of the paper for a computer.

Then... You just want to get Windows Vista media or do you need a license and media?

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