What with my licence?

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Helo
I've got MS Windows XP Pro OEM
What will happen when I change i.e. my keyboard, mouse or box? Propably
Windows will still work. But what with my license? Do I have to contact
with MS supprot to confirm that changes?
 
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Helo
I've got MS Windows XP Pro OEM
What will happen when I change i.e. my keyboard, mouse or box?
Propably Windows will still work. But what with my license? Do I have
to contact with MS supprot to confirm that changes?
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Mouse - no.
Keyboard - no.
Box? As in the case? No.

Hardware such as motherboard? No - you can't. It is OEM, it is, per the EULA
as I understand it, fit for that PC and that PC only, that's the biggest
difference between OEM and Retail. You can not move OEM OS to a new PC
without acquiring a new license, or so the general understanding of the EULA
goes.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Yes, you can, I did, and all is fine everything updates and when I checked
to see if I have a genuine edition of xp it says yes.

Lenie
 
Yes, you can what?? Sure you can switch keyboards, the mouse, hard drive,
and other such stuff and Microsoft does not care; however, OEM versions of
XP are tied to one computer via a match on the motherboard and probably the
processor. IF you changed either or both, tell us how you validated Windows.

--
Gene K

Yes, you can, I did, and all is fine everything updates and when I checked
to see if I have a genuine edition of xp it says yes.

Lenie
 
matisq said:
Helo
I've got MS Windows XP Pro OEM
What will happen when I change i.e. my keyboard, mouse ....
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Nothing whatsoever.

or box?
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What "box?" the shipping container for the new mouse?

Propably
Windows will still work. But what with my license? Do I have to contact
with MS supprot to confirm that changes?
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No.


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In Lenie had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Yes, you can, I did, and all is fine everything updates and when I
checked to see if I have a genuine edition of xp it says yes.
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There is a huge difference between what one is legally allowed to do and
what is "allowed."

You can rob a bank using a mask and, perhaps, get away with it. If caught
you face the penalties.

I make no judgment of the EULA but rather cite what is and isn't allowed
according to it - technical limitations or allowances not-withstanding.

(I /would/ make statements of my opinion on the various Microsoft EULAs but
I've already said them countless times - I don't generally agree with them
entirely from an idealist's view but I accept them as being the rules - I
don't have to like the rules but I want to play the game and have to listen
to them so to speak.)

Anyhow... They're going to track your IP address down, report you to your
ISP, subpoena your name via court order, and sue you for 12 million dollars
for theft. Well, okay, probably not... But... According to the EULA you're
in violation of your agreement and have pirated the software.

A frequent argument is, "Well, they allowed it."

Sure... I leave my doors unlocked (I live in the middle of nowhere) but that
doesn't mean people can take what they want when they want without
permission.

Again, my own personal views are that the licenses for software from all
companies should be reviewed for greater potential to satisfy the needs and
desires of your 'average end-user' and my own views don't decide the end
results.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
 
In Gene K had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Yes, you can what?? Sure you can switch keyboards, the mouse, hard
drive, and other such stuff and Microsoft does not care; however, OEM
versions of XP are tied to one computer via a match on the
motherboard and probably the processor. IF you changed either or
both, tell us how you validated Windows.


Lenie
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Some older OEMs will activate regardless so long as it has been 120 days.
The "how" is just a technological glitch - the belief that just because they
can makes it okay is where I want to explore. *grins*

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Gene said:
Yes, you can what?? Sure you can switch keyboards, the mouse, hard drive,
and other such stuff and Microsoft does not care; however, OEM versions of
XP are tied to one computer via a match on the motherboard and probably the
processor. IF you changed either or both, tell us how you validated Windows.
Click to expand...

Only branded OEMs (Dell, HP) are tied to a motherboard. Generic OEMs are
not.

Alias
 
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