Alex Clayton wrote in
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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...icensing/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.

You never dealt with Asus? That's what you said you sent it
back to ASUS...TWICE.

Look, I'm not going to go back and forth with you on this, but
yes, I read it. I wouldn't have posted it unless it said
*exactly* what I claimed it said.

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.

No, it doesn't. It reads.....

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.


Ever notice the little agree to license button
on software?

Yes.

You know that one few people actually read,
they just agree?

Yes. The license agreement you click yes to for Windows never
states anything about a MB.


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".

It is a defect in the design if it is a common problem, and
since they replaced it free of charge under warranty.

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?

Did I make it up ?

Yeah....I made it up....and then included the direct link to
the MS page where I read it, hoping you'd be stupid enough to
read it wrong ??.....who do you think I am ?