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Old January 10th 12, 04:20 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Alex Clayton[_2_]
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Default Changing MB and CPU W7

On 1/9/2012 7:56 PM, DanS wrote:
Alex wrote in
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Unfortunately, it was MS that screwed you.

In this licensing FAQ.....

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/lice...nsing/pages/li
censing_faq.aspx

....it plainly states....

Q. Can a PC with an OEM Windows operating system have its
motherboard upgraded and keep the same license? What if it was
replaced because it was defective?

A. Generally, an end user can upgrade or replace all of the
hardware components on a computer—except the motherboard—and
still retain the license for the original Microsoft OEM
operating system software. If the motherboard is upgraded or
replaced for reasons other than a defect, then a new computer
has been created. Microsoft OEM operating system software
cannot be transferred to the new computer, and the license of
new operating system software is required. If the motherboard
is replaced because it is defective, you do not need to
acquire a new operating system license for the PC as long as
the replacement motherboard is the same make/model or the same
manufacturer's replacement/equivalent, as defined by the
manufacturer's warranty.


Asus fulfilled their minimum obligation to you by replacing
the defective MB in this laptop with a replacement that was
the exact same model.

MS is the one that forced you to buy a new license.

That being said.....I am by no means saying Asus handled it
properly. It sounds like the situation was unpleasant from all
sides.




Really? Did you read any of this?
first I never dealt with Asus.
The answer you posted here pretty plainly says that a new MB is a new
machine according to MS, so MS did exactly what they said. Ever notice
the little agree to license button on software? You know that one few
people actually read, they just agree? If you chose to use something and
agree to the terms it means you agree to the terms. You do not have to
use their stuff if you don't want to.
MS sets up a licensing agreement and they stuck to it.
Acer as a manufacturer has to know how this works.
Acer has to have known what was wrong when this started.
I did not expect Acer to pay for the new MB since the port being broken
was not something "defective".
I was at first pretty impressed that Acer paid to install a new MB for free.
If Acer had just told me then that according to the licensing terms from
MS I would have to now buy a new key, I would have just bought a new key.
Instead what Acer chose to do was lie to me, waste my time and money
sending the machine back to them. They would have let me send it back to
them a couple more times until the warranty ran out.
Now I realize a lot of people have an abject hatred for MS. So anytime
anything happens they scream how MS is screwing people. All MS did here
was follow exactly their licensing agreement with me that I had agreed
to. That is assuming the one you posted here is really from MS. Did you
just make it up?
I am as guilty as many when I buy new software. I don't read that crap
that that I have to agree to in order to use it. I am sure somewhere
along the line I agreed to the MS license.
I don't have a problem with the fact that MS is a HUGE company raking in
obscene profits. I just like to use their stuff.
MS did not repair that machine then spend months lying to me about why
it would not work and conning me into sending it back to them over and
over at my expense. MS told me how to fix it the first time. I just was
ignorant enough to trust Acer was telling me the truth. I will not make
that mistake again.

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