Re: XP pro register licence afetr 90 days - loops on xp login

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Quoted from Microsoft's System Builder FAQ:

Q. Can a PC with OEM Windows XP have its motherboard upgraded and keep the same license? What if it was replaced because it was 
defective?

A. Generally, you may upgrade or replace all of the hardware components on your customer's computer and the end user may maintain 
the license for the original Microsoft® OEM operating system software, with the exception of an upgrade or replacement of the 
motherboard. An upgrade of the motherboard is considered to result in a "new personal computer" to which Microsoft® OEM operating 
system software cannot be transferred from another computer. If the motherboard is upgraded or replaced for reasons other than a 
defect, then a new computer has been created and the license of new operating system software is required. If the motherboard is 
replaced because it is defective, you do NOT need to acquire a new operating system license for the PC.

The reason for this licensing rule primarily relates to the end-user license agreement (EULA) and the support of the software 
covered by that EULA. The EULA is a set of usage rights granted to the end-user by the PC manufacturer and relates only to rights 
for that software as installed on for that particular PC. The System Builder is required to support that license the software on 
that individual PC. Understanding that end users, over time, upgrade their PC with different components, Microsoft needed to have 
one base component "left standing" that would still define that original PC. Since the motherboard contains the CPU and is the 
"heart and soul" of the PC, when the motherboard is replaced (for reasons other than defect) a new PC is essentially created. The 
original System Builder, therefore, can not be expected to support this new PC that they in effect, did not manufacture."

Ref: https://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?PageID=553075

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"chrispsg" wrote:

| Carey,
|
| I have seen in some of your previous posts that you have quoted
| microsoft saying that a motherboard upgrade constitutes a new pc. where
| can i find that information where it clearly states this without
| reference to certain license types. I am having problems convincing
| people in another thread.

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