Oem or retail how do I know which i am buying for sure?

[peter]

So in all cases where I upgraded the mobo I could claim
"If the motherboard is replaced because it is defective, you do NOT need to
acquire a new operating system license for the PC. The replacement
motherboard must be the same make/model or the same manufacturer's
replacement/equivalent."
Since I am my own OEM System Builder.........I can determine wether a mobo
is defective and what to replace it with if they do not manufacture the
"defective" board anymore...........????
I could have sworn thats what I did
peter

 

[peter]

Actually my OEM version is an old one..........2004 if I remember right
which would be before the EULA clarification change.
I had agreed to the old EULA when I installed the software...........I have
never agreed to the newer version.
Wasn't there a court case a while back with a cell phone company where they
send out a change to their original contract and when they decided to
enforce that new contract customers objected and basically said.we agreed to
the old not the new..and the court was on the customers side????
peter