Windows oem - swap pcs?

Slam62

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Hi
I have two pcs each with a legal copy of xp home oem, for various reasons i wish to swap the motherboards of these pcs but nothing else, ie keep the original hard drives and windows installations. I'm sure i just need to use the windows license that goes with each mainboard, but i am not sure of the best approach.

any ideas would be appreciated

thanks
 
Slam62 said:
Hi
I have two pcs each with a legal copy of xp home oem, for various reasons i wish to swap the motherboards of these pcs but nothing else, ie keep the original hard drives and windows installations. I'm sure i just need to use the windows license that goes with each mainboard, but i am not sure of the best approach.

any ideas would be appreciated

thanks
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If you swap the motherboards, you would be unlicensed unless you could move the COA intact.

Burnsy
 
You can update the product keys with a Microsoft tool or there is another way by editing the registry; just google for that.

There is a link for the MS tool in the licensing sticky.

However, I'm pretty sure that you don't need to change the product keys on the installation for it to be legal, just have the right COA on the case of the right MB.

Burnsy
 
ok, thanks for your patience,

just to make sure i've made myself clear.

I'm sure i will be legal, however each windows install will see a new mainboard and ask me to phone ms and then i could well have to explain things etc

whereas if i could change the coa number to the one originally activated for the mainboard, it would just sort itself out.
 
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