« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down
Share this topic on AskShare this topic on Del.icio.usShare this topic on DiggShare this topic on FacebookShare this topic on GoogleShare this topic on LiveShare this topic on MagnoliaShare this topic on MySpaceShare this topic on RedditShare this topic on SlashdotShare this topic on StumbleUponShare this topic on TechnoratiShare this topic on TwitterShare this topic on YahooShare this topic on Google buzz

Author Topic: Windows 7 OEM  (Read 401 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline tym

  • New Member
  • *
  • Posts: 18
Windows 7 OEM
« on: October 01, 2009, 12:41:04 AM »
If I am understanding it right. With the OEM version you are only allowed one install per motherboard?? So if your motherboard goes you gotta buy a new copy? I sure hope thats not true and a phone call will fix it. 
Logged

Offline Black Viper

  • Administrator
  • ******
  • Posts: 2256
  • "Have you tweaked your OS lately?"
    • Black Viper's Web Site
Re: Windows 7 OEM
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2009, 02:15:25 AM »
Contact MS directly with regards to their terms and legal issues.

BV Edit: But the real answer is something to the effect of "once activated on installed hardware, it cannot be activated again", meaning one motherboard, one HD, one everything, period. "Replacement" motherboards with built on network cards is a gray area due to NIC's having different MAC addresses and that is still (as far as I am aware) part of the hardware hash. Again, contact MS for their specific terms.
« Last Edit: October 03, 2009, 12:30:55 PM by Black Viper »
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »