Keith AH wrote:
This is copied direct from the OEM license

Generally, you may upgrade or replace all of the hardware components
on your customer's computer and the end user may maintain the license
for the original Microsoft® OEM operating system software, with the
exception of an upgrade or replacement of the motherboard.
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. If the motherboard is replaced because it is
defective, you do NOT
need to acquire a new operating system license for the PC.
The reason for this licensing rule primarily relates to the end-user
license agreement (EULA) and the support of the software covered by
that EULA. The EULA is a set of usage rights granted to the end-user
by the PC manufacturer and relates only to rights for that software
as installed on that particular PC. The System Builder is required to
support the software on that individual PC. Understanding that end
users, over time, upgrade their PC with different components,
Microsoft needed to have one base component "left standing" that
would still define that original PC. Since the motherboard contains
the CPU and is the "heart and soul" of the PC, when the motherboard
is replaced (for reasons other than defect) a new PC is essentially
created. The original System Builder, therefore, can not be expected
to support this new PC that they in effect, did not manufacture.


Where did you get that, as it sounds like the System Builder License,
NOT the END USERS LICENSE AGREEMENT!

What is the difference?

The End User, like the OP, NEVER agreed to be held to the terms of the
SYSTEM BUILDERS LICENSE!

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