Mmm... Hoary chestnuts....
The OP has a different system, not just a new mommaboard.
"Gordon" wrote:
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> "Canuck57" <dave-no_spam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:w2iKj.161974$pM4.156935@xxxxxx
> Quote:
> > Probably not. What you have is likely an OEM copy of Vista. Ditto if you
> > want to move XP to a new mobo
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> <sigh> not that hoary old chestnut again! There is NO MENTION in the OEM
> EULA (which is what the USER agrees to) that a new motherboard means a new
> machine. In fact MS goes to great lengths NOT to define what a "new" machine
> is.
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