I just phoned Micro$oft Hong Kong. My guess was/is correct. The OEM WinXP and OEM Office licenses that accompanied a PC would expire when that PC died. There is no legal way of transferring to another PC, even though the PC is of the same build as the dead one. The OEM licenses are tied to the "soul" of the PC.
If you bought a Vi$ta upgrade for an OEM XP for a PC, the Vi$ta Upgrade could also *NOT* be allowed to be transferred when that PC died. -- @~@ http://changmw.homeip.net / v \ May the Force and Farce be with you! Linux 2.6.23.1 /( _ )\ (Xubuntu 7.04) 09:39:01 up 8 days 12:05 ^ ^ 2 users load average: 0.01 0.06 0.02 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
