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Old 01-30-2007   #11 (permalink)
Dustin Harper


 
 

Re: System Builders versions

About 6-8 months ago, that was the plan. They got so much flak from it,
that they changed their minds. It's all good now.

Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com



Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:
> 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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Old 01-30-2007   #12 (permalink)
Hugh Wyn Griffith


 
 

Re: System Builders versions

In article <e2780GARHHA.4896@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Gary wrote:

> (wink wink nod nod)


Might not work -- I see one of the VISTA updates today deals with a
situation where you are told, incorrectly, that your activation has
expired. In the course of explaining what to do it mentions that a
"BIOS Check" is made .......

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