Afraid I'm not going to help, but an OEM license states that a system is
the sum of:
-a CPU;
-a motherboard;
-a power supply;
-a hard drive.
Not a lawyer, but my guess is, change one of the components above and
you have a different system.
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From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL
If you are dealing with an OEM license then I would say it would probably be
within your rights to load multiple drives with one XP license. This is because
an OEM XP license is sold based on the BIOS of the machine it is sold with.
I.E. - If the original hard drive dies and you have to replace
: Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MSFT licensing: Multiple hard disks, single computer, single
drive at once
Afraid I'm not going to help, but an OEM license states that a system is
the sum of:
-a CPU;
-a motherboard;
-a power supply;
-a hard drive.
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Subject: RE: MSFT licensing: Multiple hard disks, single computer, single drive
at once
Afraid I'm not going to help, but an OEM license states that a system is
the sum of:
-a CPU;
-a motherboard;
-a
lly change everything but the
motherboard and still be compliant.
Tim
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From: E. Peeters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MSFT licensing: Multiple hard disks, single computer,
single drive at once
Afr
On 7/17/08, E. Peeters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Afraid I'm not going to help, but an OEM license states that a system is
> the sum of: -a CPU; -a motherboard; -a power supply; -a hard drive.
Got a reference for that? I've checked the EULA that came with a
Win XP Pro OEM install, and it stat
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Michael Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you have corporate license then you can transfer the license between
> machines and at any one time you would only have one "machine" so a
> single license would seem to fit.
The MSFT rep's I've talked to so far quo
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From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 July 2008 06:37
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MSFT licensing: Multiple hard disks, single computer,
single drive at once
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Michael Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> If you have co
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Michael Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you have a retail product then it is either an upgrade or a full
> copy. Add software assurance ...
By "retail" you mean FFP? I didn't know you could add SA to FPP. I
thought SA was VL only.
> Windows activation
nt.
> Tim
>
> -Original Message-
> From: E. Peeters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:01 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: MSFT licensing: Multiple hard disks, single computer, single
> drive at once
>
> Afraid I'
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Salvador Manzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmmm... What happens if the motherboard fails under warranty? Do you have
> to have a new OEM license assigned by the manufacturer?
Don't give MS any ideas! ;-)
> To OP, I expect MS Licensing would be more fruitful t
ond attempt you might need to speak to someone. You could explain
that the former hard drive is now nothing to do with the system.
Mike
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From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 July 2008 21:04
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MSFT licensing: Multiple har
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