Re: Re-activatin request
- From: "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:54:41 -0400
True, people have "moved" an OEM XP to a new motherboard. However, MS deems
this as a "new" PC and the EULA states that the OEM can not be transferred
for one PC to another.
"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
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> "Yves Leclerc" wrote
>
>>
>> You can always re-activate your XP by Internet or phone. However, if you
>> have a generic OEM version, you can normally only re-activate it if it is
>> still on the same PC (motherboard) that is was first installed on.
>
> Not true. I have three OEMs, one Home in Spanish, two Pros, one English
> and the other Spanish. None of the EULAs say *anything* about a
> motherboard. The word that is used is "hardware". I have already
> reactivated one online after changing the NIC, added RAM, new video card
> and a new, faster processor with no problems. MS does not define what the
> "same computer" is or how it can be upgraded or changed to the point that
> it is not the same computer but a new one. I plan to upgrade one of my
> computer's motherboard so it can handle AGP8x as it now can only handle
> AGP4x. I also plan to change the NIC, change the RAM from 266 to 333 and
> put a faster processor in it. I don't plan to have any problems activating
> either.
>
> Oh, and please don't trot out that web site that says motherboard as it is
> not applicable to home users, only developers.
>
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