Software Product License Agreement

Operating system and software applications by Microsoft are licensed to you under the Microsoft License Agreement contained in the Microsoft documentation or displayed on your screen when Microsoft Software Products are launched.

For a notebook supplied with a Microsoft operating system: When you start the notebook and accept the Microsoft End-User License Agreement (“EULA”), your license rights are valid only if a Certificate of Authenticity (“COA”) label corresponding to your Microsoft operating system is provided with your notebook. The COA label can usually be found on the bottom of the notebook. If the COA label does not correspond to your Microsoft operating system or is missing, contact your HP reseller for details.

Other non-HP Software and Operating Systems are covered by the appropriate vendor license. The following License Terms govern the use of the HP software:

USE. Customer may use the software on any one HP product. Customer may not network the software or otherwise use it on more than one HP product. Customer may not reverse assemble or decompile the software unless authorized by law.

COPIES AND ADAPTATIONS. Customer may make copies or adaptations of the software (a) for archival purposes or (b) when copying or adaptation is an essential step in the use of the software with an HP product so long as the copies and adaptations are used in no other manner.

OWNERSHIP. Customer agrees that he/she does not have any title or ownership of the software, other than ownership of the physical media. Customer acknowledges and agrees that the software is copyrighted and protected under the copyright laws. Customer acknowledges and agrees that the software may have been developed by a third-party software supplier named in the copyright notices included with the software, who shall be authorized to hold the Customer responsible for any copyright infringement or violation of this Agreement.

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