So is Vista actually going to enforce the "One transfer" rule?
Okay much has been made about this license change, that Vista only allows you to transfer to another computer once.
I have read in another place that microsoft considers the defining piece of hardware for a "new" PC to be the motherboard. AKA you can change the CPU or GPU as much as you want and that doesn't count. But get a new MB and your one transfer (I'm assuming) would be up because that's a "new" PC.
Okay, I tinker with my PC so much I will probably change the MB five times in a five year period so I'm kinda worried about that.
basically my questions are:
How will Vista "know" you've moved to a new PC? Is this tied to validation in any way?
Is their any license difference between OEM and retail in this regard?
Finally, maybe people dont exactly know this, but what's your sense on whether ms will actually enforce this rule? I get the impression they've been lax in the past and probably will again, if so I guess I wont worry about it.
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ShyRoxanne
Okay much has been made about this license change, that Vista only allows you to transfer to another computer once.
I have read in another place that microsoft considers the defining piece of hardware for a "new" PC to be the motherboard. AKA you can change the CPU or GPU as much as you want and that doesn't count. But get a new MB and your one transfer (I'm assuming) would be up because that's a "new" PC.
Okay, I tinker with my PC so much I will probably change the MB five times in a five year period so I'm kinda worried about that.
basically my questions are:
How will Vista "know" you've moved to a new PC? Is this tied to validation in any way?
Is their any license difference between OEM and retail in this regard?
Finally, maybe people dont exactly know this, but what's your sense on whether ms will actually enforce this rule? I get the impression they've been lax in the past and probably will again, if so I guess I wont worry about it.
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ShyRoxanne
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