Win 7 oem and graphics card change

bushmins

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If i have Win 7 oem installed and change my graphics card will Win 7 stop working?

Been using xp on my desktop since forever and never had a problem with any kind of hardware update. Alway been ble to phone up and reregistor. With Win 7 being new i was wondering if ill hit any problems.

If there is likely to be any problems i will hold off till i get passed down the graphic card and install Win 7 after.
 
bushmins said:
If i have Win 7 oem installed and change my graphics card will Win 7 stop working?

Been using xp on my desktop since forever and never had a problem with any kind of hardware update. Alway been ble to phone up and reregistor. With Win 7 being new i was wondering if ill hit any problems.

If there is likely to be any problems i will hold off till i get passed down the graphic card and install Win 7 after.
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Err....what?! :confused: It's almost 2 years old now.

You been in a cave my friend?

As oblivion says there will be no issue. Win7 is by far the most forgiving os when it comes to changing hardware....as long as its not 10 year old hardware of course.
Go for it and enjoy better gaming :)
 
I've changed graphics cards, CPU's, memory and more on OEM Win 7 with no licensing problems. As said above, it is only a motherboard change which will stop it working.
 
Heh, two years is but a drop in the ocean ;)

Thanks for the help. I always thought XP was the bee's knees, it was only since i put Win 7 onto my laptop i realised how slow and buggy XP really is.

Time for my desktop to get some tlc.

Thanks again.
 
Yes/No.. Sortof.. You pay for the code/licence not the media. Oh and i am not 100% but not sure if the retail disks will work with oem code or vica versa... They never used to with XP/Vista.
 
If you have retail disks and code (FPP) then you can transfer them to a different pc anyway as long you uninstalled it from the original pc it was installed on. Basically it can be installed on any one pc at a time, plus a mobile pc (laptop) that is also used by the primary user of the pc.
OEM licences cannot legally be bought without qualifying hardware.....although even MS staff offer differing opinions on this :rolleyes:
 
Banzai_Joe said:
If you have retail disks and code (FPP) then you can transfer them to a different pc anyway as long you uninstalled it from the original pc it was installed on. Basically it can be installed on any one pc at a time, plus a mobile pc (laptop) that is also used by the primary user of the pc.
OEM licences cannot legally be bought without qualifying hardware.....although even MS staff offer differing opinions on this :rolleyes:
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Clarification needed!

I have a retail version of Win 7 home premium. Are you saying i can have it installed on my desktop and my laptop with the same key code?
 
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