Vista Home Premium 64 Bit OEM

[Guest]

I have bought the above mentioned version, and am about to install it on my
system. However, I am going to buy a new PC in a couple of months (self
build). I have heard that if i install this on my current PC, I will NOT be
able to install it on my new PC as it registers it self to the Motherboard.

I was wondering basically if this is the case? Only even if i didn't build a
new PC and lets say my MB broke and had to replace it, it would potentailly
present the same issue.

Please help.. Holding off installing just yet.

Thanks in advance.

 

[John Barnes]

Microsoft has for several years considered the changing of a MOBO (except if
the original one is defective and replaced with the same or generally
comparable one) is effectively a new computer. Why don't you just call the
telephone activation line for your area and talk to one of the operators and
see what will happen.

 

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

I'm fairly certain that OEM versions are tied to the first PC you
install them on. That you cannot transfer them.

I am going to buy a new PC in a couple of months

However there is a work around if it works on OEM versions and on
64bit:

Install the OS but don't activate it. If 64bit has the same "grace
period" as the majority of others (and not all have this) you can run
the system for 30 days with occasional nags from VISTA that you should
activate and you ignore those until about day 29. Then you do what is
described as "rearm" and the grace period starts over -- you can do
this three times for a total of 120 days of legal operation.

Get your new PC built by then and install the OS and then activate it
normally (although you might eventhen want to try it for more than 30
days tobe sure tht you want 64 bit and not 32 bit.

You'll find the procedure in a number of places on the internet,
probably including here in these newsgroups but the original posting
was at:

Extending The Windows Vista Grace Period to 120 Days

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000778.html

It is incredibly simple and I've been using it on a copy of RTM VISTA
Business pending the arrival of my copy of Ultimate (came in today).

 

[Rock]

I have bought the above mentioned version, and am about to install it on my
system. However, I am going to buy a new PC in a couple of months (self
build). I have heard that if i install this on my current PC, I will NOT
be
able to install it on my new PC as it registers it self to the
Motherboard.

I was wondering basically if this is the case? Only even if i didn't build
a
new PC and lets say my MB broke and had to replace it, it would
potentailly
present the same issue.

If you want the details on the license restrictions read the EULA. But to
answer your question, an OEM version, by the license, is tied to the first
computer on which it's installed and can't be moved to a new system. That's
one reason why it costs less.

The question of replacing a defective motherboard can have different
outcomes. It's up to the person you talk with at phone activation, but
generally it should be ok. Changing a motherboard that's not defective
might be a different issue.

It comes down to a determination of what constitutes a new computer.
Clearly if you buy a new computer, that qualifies, and an OEM version can't
be moved from an old system to the new one, but when it comes to changing a
motherboard, MS has never defined what constitutes a new system. They have
never stated if changing a MB is a "new" computer.

 

[pete]

So what they are all "hinting" at is phone to activate when you get new
system and then lie like hell and tell them you HAD to change the mobo
because the old one broke and they dont make the same model anymore.
peter

 

[John Barnes]

From OS Licenses Questions and Answers
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/e/3/4e3eace0-4c6d-4123-9d0c-c80436181742/OSLicQA.doc

11. Rather than purchase completely new PCs, my organization performs
in-place upgrades to the hardware on many of our computers. We often times
only replace the motherboard, processor, and memory. Since the COA is still
on the case and the OS is still installed on the hard drive, this computer
is still licensed, right?
ANSWER. Generally, you may upgrade or replace all of the hardware
components on your computer and maintain the license for the original
Microsoft OEM operating system software, with the exception of an upgrade or
replacement of the motherboard. An upgrade of the motherboard is considered
to result in a "new personal computer." Microsoft OEM operating system
software cannot be transferred from one computer to another. Therefore, if
the motherboard is upgraded or replaced for reasons other than a defect then
a new computer has been created, the original license expires, and a new
full operating system license (not upgrade) is required. This is true even
if the computer is covered under Software Assurance or other Volume License
programs.

 

[Rock]

So what they are all "hinting" at is phone to activate when you get new
system and then lie like hell and tell them you HAD to change the mobo
because the old one broke and they dont make the same model anymore.
peter

Who is advocating lying? You? Integrity should stand for something.

 

[Charles W Davis]

OEM software is permanently attached at the hip to the original computer.
However, a MOBO can be changed out as long as the rest of the computer is
still there. Broke doesn't work.

 

[pete]

Yep.....I guess I am.
peter

Who is advocating lying? You? Integrity should stand for something.