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?

eggcup · 20 Jun 2017 at 13:55

As long as its a retail copy of windows, you can install it as many times as you like on as many pc's as you like, but you can only have it "activated" on one pc at any one time.

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?

On Holiday · 20 Jun 2017 at 14:17

Just re-install it and when it comes to activation, follow the steps and ring Microsoft on the number provided if needs be, your previously motherboard failed and has been replaced

It's painless and something I've done before.

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.

Django x2 · 20 Jun 2017 at 16:35

I've had OEM Windows 7 follow me around for about 10 years to various different machines and now VMs
just call them up and some special automation thing works out if you're a scheming liar or not

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.