oem and new mobo's

GJ02 · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:03

does anyone know, what is the best way to approach microsoft when it comes to registering my either xp or vista oems with a new mobo and processor.
this is the only thing putting me off pressing the confirm button in the ocuk shop as i am very very reluctant to pay mr gates more money for another copy of xp or vista
both are oem, xp was pre installed on the system when i got it, i i bought vista from the ocuk shop, i am running dual boot so both are currently registered
any advice would be very much appreciated

thanks

bledd · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:17

if your motherboard breaks, and you're forced to upgrade, the oem licence is still valid, just explain to ms on the phone that your motherboard broke so you had to get a new one

GJ02 · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:20

they wont ask for proof of this will they
im crap and doing stuff like this

bledd · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:23

if it didn't break, then you're breaking the eula

they can't tell that, and they won't ask for proof, but you'll know

Slam62 · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:50

get your mum to do it

GJ02 · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:52

jellybeard999 · 16 Jul 2008 at 21:34

you've recently formatted ?

stoofa · 17 Jul 2008 at 00:19

mosleypup said:
does anyone know, what is the best way to approach microsoft when it comes to registering my either xp or vista oems with a new mobo and processor.
this is the only thing putting me off pressing the confirm button in the ocuk shop as i am very very reluctant to pay mr gates more money for another copy of xp or vista
both are oem, xp was pre installed on the system when i got it, i i bought vista from the ocuk shop, i am running dual boot so both are currently registered
any advice would be very much appreciated

thanks

You are buying a hardware upgrade so your old OEM license which is tied to your old motherboard is no longer valid.
To remain license legal you will have to buy a new copy of the OS.

As the discusion of software piracy and theft is rightfully forbidden on these forums this really ends this thread.
You are asking for a way around the fact your license is no longer valid and you don't want to have to buy a new one.

Advice is pretty straight forward.
Either buy new OEM licenses so that you remain license legal until you again decide to upgrade your motherboard.
Or buy Retail licenses - more expensive, however can be legally moved from machine to machine as often as you like.

If you decide to go down the route you are indicating then your machine is no more legal than somebody who downloaded their OS for free from the web.