Changing MOBO & CPU EULA Violation?

[Chris]

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

 

[Bob Willard]

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

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.

 

[Guest]

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.