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

"Another common misconception is that you can transfer
a preinstalled or OEM copy of Windows from an "old" machine
to a new machine. An OEM software license may not be transferred
from and old machine to a new machine-even if that machine is no
longer in use. The OEM license is tied to the machine on which it
was originally installed and can't be transferred to other machines."

Ref: http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/YourPC_do.mspx

The motherboard is the "heart and soul" of the computer.
If you change the motherboard to a different motherboard,
then a "new computer" has been created and a new Windows
XP license is required since the old OEM license is no
longer valid with a new model motherboard.

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

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"Beck" wrote:

| 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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