Upgrading mobo, will I need to re-buy Vista 64?

Morthoseth said:
I have been through three motherboards, first one broke so i bought an exact copy of it, then i needed to upgrade and changed motherboards and components completely. I agree with you in what you say, the first time could be forgiven, as it was the same motherboard, the same components and so on.

The second time, i was in the wrong, but after upgrading my computer shelling out £100+ for another copy of vista, when my old copy would activate without issue wasn't at the top of my to do list.

Guilty, as charged - as are a great amount of people in this thread, if i could go back to the day vista was released, i'd have bought retail instead of OEM :)

So while i agree with everyone saying it is wrong, and against the liscence to do what i do, i also put it to you people, that if you were in the same situation already owning a copy of OEM as a home user, would you discard the disc and box, and re-purchase another copy?

That is my question i am interested in an answer for :)
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To answer your question, no I wouldn't. If Microsoft are more than happy to re-activate it to me that constitutes as being legal. If on the other hand they refused to I'd suck it up & just buy retail. As long as you are completely honest with them when you ring of course.

Yes I know that makes me in the wrong also :)
 
I dont know why but it never asks me to phone them anymore, and hasn't since i did it the first time. (If anyone knows why, let me know!)

As you say, if they refused to activate - i wouldnt think twice about going out and re-purchasing :)
 
Mr.Nick said:
Hi,
I'm upgrading my PSU, mobo, gpu and ram but not the HD, will i have to buy a new copy?
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You will probably be required to reactivate, and it may even take a phone call to microsoft, but it is not certain whether they will issue you with a new activation code.

Suck it and see.
 
Morthoseth said:
I've upgraded motherboards and reinstalled OEM countless times, it simply activates instantly, no prompt to call them and no prompt to do anything else. If its activating online, then i wont worry about it.

The day microsoft email me telling me i am breaking the liscence agreement, i'll do something about it - funnily enough i doubt they ever will, or ever care.

It doesnt justify 'piracy' at all, and i already know i am in the wrong, but after buying OEM incorrectly in the first place, i wont be paying out another ~£150+ on retail just for the sake of being 'liscence' legal.

Its on the same computer, just not the same motherboard.
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Agree. Can't understand the kerfuffle about the EULA. Who really is interested in it? Joe bloggs who buys an OEM, installs it a hundred times in the same PC (His own) because he likes to change different components? Lets get real for a second. The average guy is happy as long as it is activated by microsoft.

What you find is that the guys who complain and say it is wrong to reactive an OEM version are the ones who were dull enought to buy a full 'Retail' version and then finding out they could do the same with an OEM one!!
 
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Memphis said:
Yes. Ignore cjmUK.
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Lol. Yes... because I have told the inconvenient truth? It's a lottery.

MS may or may not decide he is OK. Unless he is particularly litigious, he will have to take his chances like the rest of us. Unless you know something the rest of us don't? No, I thought not....

If MS offer him an activation code, he is OK. If they don't he is screwed,

In spite of the evidence, you are still another MS sockpuppet. If I'm wrong, if you know something the rest of us don't, please enlighten us. No, I thought not.
 
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