Windows OEM Not Transferable to New Motherboard
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 17th Feb 2006 12:41 UTC, submitted by jayson.knight
Windows "Microsoft recently made a change to the licence agreement saying that a new motherboard is equal to a new computer, hence you need to purchase a new Windows licence. Here is what Microsoft has to say: "An upgrade of the motherboard is considered to result in a 'new personal computer' to which Microsoft OEM operating system software cannot be transferred from another computer. If the motherboard is upgraded or replaced for reasons other than a defect, then a new computer has been created and the license of new operating system software is required." Please note that this does not go for retail copies of Windows, but only for OEM versions.
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Googlesaurus
Member since:
2005-10-19

Courts and others in the EU seem hell bent of forcing Microsoft into a corner. This is going to backfire on a grand scale at some point.

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Get a Life Member since:
2006-01-01

What, Microsoft will cede the EU to someone else?

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brulle Member since:
2005-09-21

> Courts and others in the EU seem hell bent of forcing Microsoft into a corner. This is going to backfire on a grand scale at some point.

What? Oh no, will they discontinue selling Windows in the EU? I think the MSFT shareholders would not like that.

Or will the corporate elites push for a US bombing campaign against Old Europe?

Or perhaps foreign companies should just abide by the rules of the countries in which they decide to do business.

It is reasonable that governments can protect customers from beeing ripped of by monopolist corporations.

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rcsteiner Member since:
2005-07-12

Microsoft made the first several moves, not the courts, and not the EU. Their actions are a matter of public record:

http://www.usdoj.gov/art/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm

Microsoft seems hell bent on telling the courts and the EU to go to hell instead of actually complying with the law and with the orders formally served upon them by the court. This is going to backfire on a grand scale at some point.

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