difference between OEM EULA and Retail EULA (vista
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EULA = End User License Agreement.
With OEM, you cannot change the motherboard. There have been various reports of changing different hardware requiring you to phone up MS and get it reactivated.
With OEM, you cannot change the motherboard. There have been various reports of changing different hardware requiring you to phone up MS and get it reactivated.
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Yep that's basically it.
OEM ties the license to the "device", which microsoft take to mean the motherboard. So you can usually get away with adding a new video card and a new processor etc without needing to phone them, but if you change the motherboard it's quite likely you'll have to ring them up. If it's because of a hardware failure they're usually pretty good about it.
The retail license allows you to transfer to another device (so long as you remove the installation from the original device first), and also gives you 90 days of free support incidents etc.
OEM ties the license to the "device", which microsoft take to mean the motherboard. So you can usually get away with adding a new video card and a new processor etc without needing to phone them, but if you change the motherboard it's quite likely you'll have to ring them up. If it's because of a hardware failure they're usually pretty good about it.
The retail license allows you to transfer to another device (so long as you remove the installation from the original device first), and also gives you 90 days of free support incidents etc.
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If you're basing your decision only on the license restrictions, then remember that those same restrictions apply to XP as well and always have done.
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This thread has a lot of info on this topic: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17672576
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