Changing MOBO & CPU EULA Violation?

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A long time ago I built an AMD system, now desperately in
need of an upgrade of a CPU and motherboard everything
else would remain the same, hard drives and all. I am
using a non OEM student version of Windows XP Pro. The
question I have would this be in violation of the EULA?
If somebody can tell where to go to find info about this
or can get me in touch with a Microsoft representative
much will be appreciated.Yes, I'm still a student

Chris
 
Chris said:
A long time ago I built an AMD system, now desperately in
need of an upgrade of a CPU and motherboard everything
else would remain the same, hard drives and all. I am
using a non OEM student version of Windows XP Pro. The
question I have would this be in violation of the EULA?
If somebody can tell where to go to find info about this
or can get me in touch with a Microsoft representative
much will be appreciated.Yes, I'm still a student

Chris
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Depends -- there are three types of XP CD: retail, OEM, and
recovery. If you have a full retail CD, then you can use the
stuff on one PC at a time, and replacing any amount of hardware
on that one PC will not violate the EULA. If you have a
recovery CD -- what most hardware vendors include with a new
PC -- then it may not work with any different hardware; this is
not a EULA issue, but rather choices the hardware vendor may have
made to only include support for specific hardware.
 
with the OEM version, which may include yours, MS
generally lets people upgrade their PCs...they are mostly
concerned with people using 2+ copies on the same pc.

with an oem copy you will have to call in if you upgrade
the motherboard, but they generally allow you to get the
code.
 
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