if i buy it as an upgrade media to an xp on say a laptop but instead use it on a pc, would the ba llowed accoridng to the eula etc? or can you just use it on that alptop and not any other machine?
thanks
if i buy it as an upgrade media to an xp on say a laptop but instead use it on a pc, would the ba llowed accoridng to the eula etc? or can you just use it on that alptop and not any other machine?
thanks
looney (08-08-2008)
if your first install is OEM, I don't think it'll work as the product key is registered to the one motherboard. You could always pull the old "my mobo died, can i have a new key?" thing and see if it works.
looney (08-08-2008)
Upgrade follows the license of your original media. So if your old license is an OEM one (it will be if it came with a laptop) then the upgrade will still be OEM, so only allowed on that machine, even when you upgrade.
If the original license was a Retail one, then it can follow the retail license around when you upgrade/change PC.
In short, just buy a new OEM license. It's cheaper. You can dual-boot that way too if you like.
looney (08-08-2008)
Thanks was hoping it would be legal i wish software4students sold the retail instead of upgrade.
So owuld I be able to do clean installs infinity times using an oem?
In theory yes, providing the PC (read: motherboard) remained the same. Eventually it will call you up and ask you to activate via phone, but it would still be within the terms of the license.
As soon as the motherboard changes (for reasons other than an RMA) then that license is written off.
looney (08-08-2008)
looney (08-08-2008)
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