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Guest
Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's contained
in the oem license.
in the oem license.
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Rick Rogers
Hi,
In what context?
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In what context?
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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Richard Urban
That would be when the power supply shorts out with a bang and destroys your
motherboard.
Pretty catastrophic, I think.
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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
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You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
motherboard.
Pretty catastrophic, I think.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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Henry Jones
Or your wife leaves you for another woman !
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Guest
OK, so in this scenario, you would be able to reinstall an OEM copy of Vista
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Richard Urban
Physically yes. According to the rules and regs (OEM EULA), likely not. That
is why the OEM versions of Windows are less expensive. They have
limitations.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
is why the OEM versions of Windows are less expensive. They have
limitations.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
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Hugh Wyn Griffith
I thought I'd read here that Microsoft recognized that PC makers would
have to be able to r e p l a c e a motherboard under warranty -- which
might be a few months, a year or longer -- and so under the OEM licence
would be allowed to
r e p l a c e a motherboard but not necessarily to
u p g r a d e one
...... unless the old motherboard was no longer available ......
A WORD to the wise .... ?
have to be able to r e p l a c e a motherboard under warranty -- which
might be a few months, a year or longer -- and so under the OEM licence
would be allowed to
r e p l a c e a motherboard but not necessarily to
u p g r a d e one
...... unless the old motherboard was no longer available ......
A WORD to the wise .... ?
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Richard Urban
Yes! If an OEM manufacturer replaces the M/B with the exact same M/B, there
is no problem.
If an end user changes to another M/B, or moves the OEM O/S to another
computer - that's where problems come into play.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
is no problem.
If an end user changes to another M/B, or moves the OEM O/S to another
computer - that's where problems come into play.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
H
Hugh Wyn Griffith
Richard Urban said:If an end user changes to another M/B,
Unless he is replacing a defective one no longer obtainable ....... <g>
Choice of wording is going to be very important.
I wonder how MS will deal with the situation where they say that
because it is OEM you have to deal with the manufacturer of the PC but
the manufacturer's warranty has expired. Will MS say "Then pay the
manufacturer to replace the motherboard, or if necessary the PC" and
the user will reply that the MS OEM contract is only that the
manufacturer has to support the operating system ......
Are we having fun yet?
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Guest
That could be a blessing ,and you could then do a fresh install of something
newer.
newer.