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Reactivation issue
On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:21:18 -0500, "SomeOne"
wrote: I have heard that the issue is with the BIOS. Widows 7 uses the bios "as part of" its method of Registration. The bios is a chip on the Motherboard. Therefore, if you change the motherboard without changing the chip back to your old bios chip (which may or may not fit), you may have an issue. This is my understanding... I can't prove it nor do I want to do the research to figure it out....ha ha. What's really silly is this. Do the upgrade. if you have an issue, call ..and it will get fixed. Microsoft has a number set up for this purpose.. to reactivate you system. If your OS is a FAKE COPY from the Internet, then tough. Just buy a real copy and it won't be an issue. I'm not advocating anything, but just pointing out that if you have a bootleg copy or don't want to mess with Activation on your legitimate copy, there are tools readily available that completely bypass the whole mess. The pirates have always had things easier than the legitimate users, unfortunately. |
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Reactivation issue
In article ,
says... Regardless of how they think it should be or how they interpret the EULA doesn't make a difference to what actually happens and how it gets resolved. And that's the truth, even if you violate the EULA, OEM or not, if you call you will get activated. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. (remove 999 for proper email address) |
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Leythos écrivait
om: In article , says... Leythos écrivait om: In article , says... Here's an extract of the user terms from Microsoft: "b. License Model. Subject to Section 2 (b) below, the software is licensed on a per copy per computer basis. A computer is a physical hardware system with an internal storage device capable of running the software. A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a separate computer." I don't see the word "motherboard" in there. That paragraph comes from the What "Hardware System" do you think they mean? I don't know, they don't say! It's not the power-supply, it's not the CD-Rom, it's not the cables, it not the case - those things can NOT run the software. The motherboard either cannot run the software without a CPU, memory and a hard disk The mother board is a component that with the RAM and CPU make up a hardware system that can run software, if you were a computer type hardware and software person you would know this. What is a "computer type hardware and software person"? I am a computers and softwares user, I buy the software I use and unlike many persons, I read licence agreements Be honest this time. I AM HONEST As a "know-nothing" end-user that never goes to forums and don't know tha t usenet exists, I consider that I'm only tied by the contract on the DVD which is the same text than the link in my other post. Again : http://download.microsoft.com/Docume...dows%207_Home% 20Premium_English_a0cdb148-2381-47cd-bfc9-9b9102e0cb28.pdf Who am I (and who are you) to presume what they mean? I don't "Presume", I've called them and asked as well as having been on the OEM System Builders site many times and seen the rules and details of OEM licensing. Well, I didn't called them and haven't been on the OEM system builders site. Nobody asked me to do that. If you don't understand the technical details of what a hardware system capable of running software actually is, well, you don't really understand that you've said you agreed to. I understand the technical details of a computer quite well. I might not understand the text I agreed to because it's deliberately being unclear and I didn't agree to something that's not there. I've agreed to the text mention earlier not more, not less. If it's OK for the OP to change his CPU without changing his MB, I don't see what's wrong changing the MB without changing the CPU, only one part of the hardware system capable of running the system is upgraded. As far as I'm concerned, I can trash my actual PC, build a new one but keep one screw from the old one, install the OEM Windows that I've bought with the old PC and if it activates with M$ (and it will), that's fine with me. I will sleep tight! |
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In article ,
says... If it's OK for the OP to change his CPU without changing his MB, I don't see what's wrong changing the MB without changing the CPU, only one part of the hardware system capable of running the system is upgraded. As far as I'm concerned, I can trash my actual PC, build a new one but keep one screw from the old one, install the OEM Windows that I've bought with the old PC and if it activates with M$ (and it will), that's fine with me. I will sleep tight! We all know that MS will activate OEM on a completely new computer after it's already been activated on another computer, we also know that you can activate a single license on several computers against the licensing agreement. For most home users it will never be an issue, for business users it only takes one disgruntled employee to report them to the SPA and then an audit with large fines - the cost of buying the OS is significantly cheaper than the cost of a single license infraction. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. (remove 999 for proper email address) |
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:15:57 +0000 (UTC), Doum wrote:
As far as I'm concerned, I can trash my actual PC, build a new one but keep one screw from the old one, install the OEM Windows that I've bought with the old PC and if it activates with M$ (and it will), that's fine with me. I will sleep tight! As I understand it, around here (the San Francisco Bay Area & I guess the whole state), if you keep a portion of one old wall when you tear down & rebuild a house, it qualifies as an upgrade, not a new house... Saves tax money :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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