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Old June 29th 14, 02:14 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Al Drake
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Default Activation problems

On 6/29/2014 8:46 AM, Mayayana wrote:
|I installed a new CPU and Motherboard in a system and got a message I
| needed to activate again. I was forced to use phone method which went
| well however Windows still says it is not activated.

You were forced? Why wouldn't it work online? Also,
are you aware of the OEM vs full license distinction?
If it's an OEM license and the motherboard is not the
exact same, then according to Microsoft's inventive
licensing you don't have a right to activate. In other
words, if you have a Dell and get a Dell replacement
motherboard it should be fine. If you built it yourself
and replaced the motherboard with an exact match it
should activate. But if you did not buy a full license
(for about $100 more than the OEM version) and you
upgraded the motherboard, then you're out of luck.


Also, are you telling me that I can only use identical board with
retail that I built from scratch? I can't transfer to another computer
if this one dies completely?


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