New motherboard.

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I have Vista Ultimate installed on my home computer, and I was looking to
upgrade the motherboard and CPU of said computer. Here's my question: if I
do upgrade the motherboard/CPU, does Vista/Microsoft recognize that as an
entirely "new" computer? The EULA says that my copy of Vista can be
installed on a second machine, provided that I do not have it installed on
the first machine at the same time (as per my understanding); if Microsoft
sees my upgrade as an entirely new machine, although it is physically still
the same computer case and mostly the same components, then have I basically
used up my two installs on one machine? Your thoughts on the matter.
 
After upgrading and reinstalling simply reactivate by phone and explain
what you did.....No problem......Just my 3 cents
 
I have Vista Ultimate installed on my home computer, and I was looking to
upgrade the motherboard and CPU of said computer. Here's my question: if
I
do upgrade the motherboard/CPU, does Vista/Microsoft recognize that as an
entirely "new" computer? The EULA says that my copy of Vista can be
installed on a second machine, provided that I do not have it installed on
the first machine at the same time (as per my understanding); if Microsoft
sees my upgrade as an entirely new machine, although it is physically
still
the same computer case and mostly the same components, then have I
basically
used up my two installs on one machine? Your thoughts on the matter.
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Assuming it's a retail license, there should be no problem with this. You
will need to activate again. If it doesn't go through online, then do the
phone activation.
 
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