Carey Frisch [MVP]

OEM licensed versions of Windows Vista are tied to
the very first computer it is installed and activated on.
If the motherboard dies and cannot be replaced with
the exact same make and model motherboard, then
the OEM license has also died and cannot be used again.


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"JustinD" wrote:

If I was to purchase parts to make a new pc. Then get the system builders OEM
disk and I was to have a hardware failure like my mobo was to go out. Could I
then use then use the same key on that computer or is that key "wasted" and I
would have to go out and buy a new key.