Re: Restore OEM license to original machine?
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:51:52 -0700
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:19:00 -0800, Mark Nelson
<MarkNelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Problem -
On the day before thanksgiving my computer would not POST. I needed to pay
some bills online before leaving for vacation so in a panic I threw the HDD
into an old Socket A computer I had in the garage. I had to do a telephone
validation to reinstall XP on the drive with the new mobo and get the
computer to a point where I could get online to pay the bills. Now my good
computer (only a socket 462 but good in my eyes), the one I bought this XP
Pro OEM copy for, is POSTing fine and ready for action. All I had to do was
take out the memory sticks and blow the dust out of the DDR sockets. Wish I
knew then what I know now, oh well.
Here's the Question--- If I put the HDD and OEM license that was originally
registered to my good mobo/CPU/HDD back in that machine, will it work? Does
this comply with the EULA?
Sorry, I'm lost here, and don't understand the question. Do you want
to use an OEM copy of Windows on a different machine from the one it
was originally installed on? If so, no, it does not comply with the
EULA.
I'm just confused because everyone says the OEM EULA doesn't allow use of
the license in a different computer
That's correct.
but I did it.
What the EULA requires and what you can get away with are two
different things. Just because some people rob banks successfully
doesn't mean that it's therefore legal.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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