Bladewatch.com

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/12/microsoft_authorised_refurbishment_windows/

Microsoft has started a new refurbishment programme to help companies breathe life into dusty old computers by providing a copy of Windows – at a cost.

The new Microsoft authorised refurbisher (MAR) programme, which launched last Friday, is aimed at resolving a growing problem among businesses which have defunct kit lying around.

Of course, it’s also a nice little money spinner for the software mammoth too.

It said firms interested in signing up to the scheme would be able to buy a special version of Windows XP to put on machines that could then be sold on elsewhere, rather than being dumped in landfill.

But, here’s the rub: Although it is possible to resell a refurbished PC using its original copy of Windows, many firms fail to retain the machine’s so-called certificate of authenticity (COA) or its restore disks.

It will be interesting to see what the computer recycling businesses response to this is, how many people choose to use the MAR scheme.

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