OEM XP PRO OS

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wants to upgrade my VERY OLD MACHSPEED S446 with OEM XP PRO and transfer my
OS to new ASUS P5P800PE MOTHERBOARD. Can repair install solve the issue about
the changes in hardware especially the motherboard? Do I need to buy a new OS
for the new motherboard?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Changing a Motherboard or Moving a Hard Drive with XP Installed
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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| wants to upgrade my VERY OLD MACHSPEED S446 with OEM XP PRO and transfer my
| OS to new ASUS P5P800PE MOTHERBOARD. Can repair install solve the issue about
| the changes in hardware especially the motherboard? Do I need to buy a new OS
| for the new motherboard?

 

[Michael Stevens]

wants to upgrade my VERY OLD MACHSPEED S446 with OEM XP PRO and
transfer my OS to new ASUS P5P800PE MOTHERBOARD. Can repair install
solve the issue about the changes in hardware especially the
motherboard? Do I need to buy a new OS for the new motherboard?

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
Move XP to new hardware.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html
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[LVTravel]

You will have to purchase a new copy of XP to install on the new
motherboard's system as an OEM version is forever tied to the system it is
first installed on and can't be transferred to a different machine according
to the EULA.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

You will have to purchase a new copy of XP to install on the new
motherboard's system as an OEM version is forever tied to the system it is
first installed on and can't be transferred to a different machine according
to the EULA.

According to the EULA, an OEM license may not be transferred from
one distinct PC to another PC. However, this most emphatically does not
prohibit one from repairing or upgrading the PC on which an OEM license
is installed.

Now, some people believe that the motherboard is the key component
that defines the "original computer," but the OEM EULA does not make any
such distinction. Others have said that one could successfully argue
that it's the PC's case that is the deciding component, as that is where
one is instructed to affix the OEM CoA label w/Product Key. Again, the
EULA does *not* specifically define any single component as the computer.

Microsoft has, to date, been very careful _not_ publicly to define
when an incrementally upgraded computer ceases to be the original
computer. The closest I've ever seen a Microsoft employee come to this
definition (in a public forum) is to tell the person making the inquiry
to consult the PC's manufacturer. As the OEM license's support is
solely the responsibility of said manufacturer, they should determine
what sort of hardware changes to allow before the warranty and support
agreements are voided. To paraphrase: An incrementally upgraded
computer ceases to be the original computer, as pertains to the OEM
EULA, only when the *OEM* says it's a different computer. If you've
built the system yourself, and used a generic OEM CD, then _you_ are the
"OEM," and _you_ get to decide when you'll no longer support your product."


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Bruce Chambers

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