Re: My pc mother board has died - Install xp oem

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
When a motherboard dies, so does the OEM
Windows XP license, unless you replace the
motherboard with an exact duplicate.
Therefore, the installation of a different
model motherboard will require the purchase
of a new Windows XP license.

It does not state that in the EULA.
Here is mine directly from my PC.
http://www.photoscene.co.uk/eula.txt

Nowhere does it say that a motherboard change will result in the user
requiring a new license.


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