Re: License Transfer

And you are right, the policy is absurd. Microsoft is trying to "have their cake and eat it too", by creating terms ("machine") that they themselves cannot and do not define.


Bill Marriott wrote:

Define "machine?"

Is it the motherboard? That's a $35 part, one of the least expensive components of the whole system.

The CPU? Faster ones are coming out all the time.

If I replace just the motherboard, is it still the same machine? If I upgrade just the CPU is it the same machine? If I upgrade both? If I add a video card? Upgrade the hard disk?

My sister has an HP Pavilion computer I originally bought for her in 1998. Since, then I've upgraded nearly every component of the system for her over time. Only the power supply, case, and floppy disk drive are the original equipment now. (She likes the matched look of the monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse, and case.)

At one point, if any, did I sacrifice the license to use Microsoft software on "that computer?"

What if the a thunderstorm blows out the power supply and floppy disk finally? When I replace that, she really won't have any parts from the old machine ... will I have to repurchase all the Microsoft software for her?

I'm not disputing the accuracy of your answer, I'm just pointing out the absurdity of the policy.

Bill


"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:etvFLgf9FHA.1844@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If XP Home was pre-installed on your computer, legally, no you can't. OEM versions of Windows XP (and other applications/operating systems) are tied to the machine they are originally installed on.

Retail verisons can be transferred, but you must give the new owner the COA and the CD-Key. You also have to uninstall it from whatever system its currently on.

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