Re: Reinstalling XP and Office on a new PC
- From: Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:33:24 -0600
Tony M wrote:
Hi All,
Suppose this question has been asked a thousand times but I'll ask again.
My on-board video has gone AWOL - it gives weird colours and fuzzy text. The PC only has PCI adapters (2) and I can't get a PCI graphics card here in Kuwait (Amazon - US and UK will not ship neither will any other on-line reatailer I can find).
Have also trioed updates to video drivers with no success.
So I need to buy a new PC - But I have XP Pro and Office 2007 OEM.
Can I re-install these on a new PC or is HAL going to give me problems (an ancient Space Odyssey term)?
No, you can't reinstall OEM licences on another computer. They're permanently bound to the first computer on which they're installed. But, since you're buying a new computer, just include the OS and a copy of Office in the purchase.
The MS license says that the software is 'one' with 'the device'. this to me is the hard drive.
But that's not what the EULA says, is it? The entire computer is the MACHINE.
I don't have a problem in installing the HD in the new PC but guess that I'll be at odds with MS..........
And it wouldn't work, anyway. You'd have to perform a repair installation, and that would fail because of the new computer.
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