windows mce oem licence query..

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i've got a legal oem copy of mce that i installed on my athlon64 machine, but now i wanna put my athlonxp chip + motherboard in there because it really doesn't need all that power

so i can replace my desktop pc can have the 64bit cpu in my main pc instead

from what i've read, you're only really supposed to have 1 pc per oem licence, am i able to transfer the license by ringing microsoft? or will i have to make up a story and say "my current mobo has broken, so i'm replacing it with this other one etc"

will be using linux on the 64bit, so only need to transfer the mce licence..

any help appreciated!
 
Technically it's tied to the AMD64, but if you haven't activated it for a while it will go through Microsoft's systems fine...

Legally = no, you can't
Technically = yes, it's possible
 
Phil99 said:
Legally = no, you can't
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It's not as black and white as you might think. An OEM license it tied to the individual hardware, or machine it was bought with. Clauses for upgrades and faulty hardware exist in the EULA... but at what point does a system cease to be the system you're licensed for? It's not clearly defined.

If it were me, I'd just make the change.
 
thanks for fast replies and info the both of you
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Otacon said:
It's not as black and white as you might think. An OEM license it tied to the individual hardware, or machine it was bought with. Clauses for upgrades and faulty hardware exist in the EULA... but at what point does a system cease to be the system you're licensed for? It's not clearly defined.

If it were me, I'd just make the change.
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just done the same thing no problems over the phone i have tow pc and tow legal copies of xp home and xp64 bit

if the key is stuck to the case is that the pc , because you cannot get them off with out destroying them
 
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