Leythos wrote:
In article ,
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"Leythos" wrote in message
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You've asked/speculated two different things:

1) What are the rules
2) What can you get away with

One has little to do with the other, the other has a lot to do with
the one, you can read it as you want

That's exactly what I asked him. I asked "if it was more of a policy
than a technical limitation". I don't want to pirate XP but if a
customer has bought XP I'd like to know what I can do to their
machine before a new copy is required. If XP hadn't worked after
their machine was upgraded it would have been a problem and it would
have been good for me to know before hand. I probably should have
found out earlier but there are so many things I should have found
out earlier and MS don't make it easy sometimes. Anyway, it looks
like I can do whatever I want to the machine and it will still work,
which is a good thing. :-)

Actually, you can call MS and ask for Licensing information, not the
activation drones, MS proper and ask for a email/document explaining
licensing. Now, after I've said this, you are also going to get people
telling you that you can do what you want as MS has never taken any
personal user/installer to court over multiple installs against a
single key/license.

In the grand scheme of software licensing, it's up to you to determine
what is right/wrong and what you feel you can get away with. Some of
us are hard-line and purchase a OEM copy considering that additional
MS documents call the Motherboard the defining component, while
others look at the EULA and say that the power cord could be the
single defining component. It's all in what you are comfortable with
until you ASK MS legal what they mean.

LOL! The End User never agree to that post EULA password-protected
webpage that makes the unsubstantiated claim that the MOBO is the
defining component!

And different MS employees tell a different story about at what point
does upgrading components constitute a new and different computer.

Leythos you really should just give it up! The OP actually talked to a
MS employee and couldn't get a straight answer out of him. And why is
that? Because MS rather keep the FUD surrounding when upgrading a
computer turns it into another computer by defining it in the EULA. MS
KNOWS if pressed their POST EULA FUD is in no way enforceable.

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