vista oem

Trilogy · 10 Jun 2007 at 10:57

now i have ddr2 i'm thinking of changing my motherboard so i can really overclock my bad boy e6600 but if i do will i lose my my oem copy of vista 64?

SkeeterUK · 10 Jun 2007 at 11:02

Just clone the drive if its small enough where windows is installed.

DanMc07 · 10 Jun 2007 at 11:21

SkeeterPSA said:
Just clone the drive if its small enough where windows is installed.

I'm sure that wouldd still ask you to reactivate?

SkeeterUK · 10 Jun 2007 at 11:30

For one hardware change? I thought you had to change about 3 things before you had to do that.

Burnsy2023 · 10 Jun 2007 at 11:38

Trilogy said:
now i have ddr2 i'm thinking of changing my motherboard so i can really overclock my bad boy e6600 but if i do will i lose my my oem copy of vista 64?

You lose your licence and are then running illegal software, but that doesn't mean you definatly can't activate after the MB change.

Burnsy

Trilogy · 10 Jun 2007 at 11:47

so if i try it , can i go back to my old motherboard and still be legal?

Slam62 · 10 Jun 2007 at 12:00

ello,ello,ello what ave we ere!!

Would you like to accompany me to the station please sir

Burnsy2023 · 10 Jun 2007 at 12:03

Trilogy said:
so if i try it , can i go back to my old motherboard and still be legal?

An usual question, I can't think of any reason why not.

Burnsy

Trilogy · 10 Jun 2007 at 12:05

the legal has been revised

I’m very pleased to let you know you this morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are when you read this) that the Windows division has revised the retail license terms for Windows Vista in a significant way. Namely, the terms regarding license-to-device assignment of the retail product (including Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) now read as follows:

You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices.

Trilogy · 10 Jun 2007 at 12:06

new board time

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...-to-windows-vista-retail-licensing-terms.aspx

Ross1234 · 10 Jun 2007 at 12:11

Trilogy said:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...-to-windows-vista-retail-licensing-terms.aspx

thats retail not oem

Slam62 · 10 Jun 2007 at 12:11

Trilogy said:
I’m very pleased to let you know you this morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are when you read this) that the Windows division has revised the retail license terms for Windows Vista in a significant way. Namely, the terms regarding license-to-device assignment of the retail product (including Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) now read as follows:

You may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use. You may not do so to share this license between devices.

don't fight it!

Trilogy · 10 Jun 2007 at 12:13

ahhh poo

stoofa · 10 Jun 2007 at 13:09

That has always been the case for retail.
As I've said numerous times I don't know why people don't take the money they would have spent on OEM Ultimate edition and spend it on the Retail version of Vista they actually need (because as with XP Pro, Vista Ultimate is above and beyond what most people need).
That way there would never be any kind of question on legality - you'd be licensed for the life of the OS so long as it was only ever installed on one machine at a time.

As an answer to the other question.
Yes - go back to your old motherboard and you could use the old license.

Trilogy · 11 Jun 2007 at 19:19

thanks for explanning it to me