os installation issue

peter tron · 20 Jun 2017 at 13:41

just for clarification:

i can have windows 7 installed multiple times on the "same" pc?

BUT:

i cannot install that same copy of windows 7 onto a new pc, as it is currently registered to the other pc?

so it just won't install, or it won't let me register it?

peter tron · 20 Jun 2017 at 14:16

mine's oem

i take it this is 'tied' to my current mobo.

i was hoping i could 'de-activate' it on my current pc, then when i install that windows 7 disc on the new pc, 're-activate' it there?

peter tron · 20 Jun 2017 at 14:34

a friend told me he had a oem copy of vista and he installed it on three different pc's (completely different mobo's).
that seems to contradict everything

unless you CAN do it, but you're not SUPPOSED to do it, as it is breaking the EULA.

peter tron · 20 Jun 2017 at 17:12

so the automated phone thingy should work?

i've had to do that once before, the second tome i installed windows 7 on a different hd on the same current pc.