Vista upgrade Question

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Here is a transcript from Feb 22 2005. The chat was held by the System

Please show me where it says anything about XP being linked to
a motherboard in the XP license.

Hurry up, because I'm holding my breath.
 
Please show me where it says anything about XP being linked to
a motherboard in the XP license.

Hurry up, because I'm holding my breath.

Not in the EULA for the end user. The end user has no obligation to
search for a system builder's license on line. I guess Colin *likes* to
buy more copies of XP than he needs.

Alias
 
the said:
Please show me where it says anything about XP being linked to
a motherboard in the XP license.

Hurry up, because I'm holding my breath.

Don't hold your breath under water!
 
Sorry, but it is not new with Vista.

Here is a transcript from Feb 22 2005. The chat was held by the System
Builder Tech Team at Microsoft for interested system builders to answer
questions about the very requirement concerning the motherboard.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/sysbuild/05_0222_sb.mspx



That was over three years ago, and is apparently no longer Microsoft's
view. Microsoft has more recently clarified the situation. See
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/activationfaq.mspx
or http://tinyurl.com/384gx5
 
Alias said:
Not in the EULA for the end user. The end user has no obligation to
search for a system builder's license on line. I guess Colin *likes* to
buy more copies of XP than he needs.

Alias

Nonsense.
 
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