Legality of using a burned CD with a legal CD-Key?

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Published on 2009-12-19T13:49:01Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 4:33 UTC
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I have a friend that keeps a collection of burned Windows CD's; 2000, XP, Vista which he uses to repair peoples computers with. Now he justifies this by saying he uses the CD-Key on their OEM sticker that came with their PC. As long as the installation validates the installation should be 100% legal. Is this true? I've always been under the impression you had to use the original CD/DVD that came with the computer.

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