Vista - Catastrophic Failure?

Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's contained
in the oem license.

Hi,

In what context?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"BIGDADDY51" <BIGDADDY51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's
> contained
> in the oem license.

That would be when the power supply shorts out with a bang and destroys your
motherboard.

Pretty catastrophic, I think.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"BIGDADDY51" <BIGDADDY51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's
> contained
> in the oem license.

Or your wife leaves you for another woman !


"BIGDADDY51" <BIGDADDY51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's
> contained
> in the oem license.

OK, so in this scenario, you would be able to reinstall an OEM copy of Vista
on a different pc, and still be within the oem guidelines?

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> That would be when the power supply shorts out with a bang and destroys your
> motherboard.
>
> Pretty catastrophic, I think.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
>
> "BIGDADDY51" <BIGDADDY51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:561C1A31-46B2-42BD-B5E0-8C2607FE940E@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's
> > contained
> > in the oem license.
>
>

Physically yes. According to the rules and regs (OEM EULA), likely not. That
is why the OEM versions of Windows are less expensive. They have
limitations.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"BIGDADDY51" <BIGDADDY51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BAE213C7-CA57-4114-A8F3-8054F7F13188@microsoft.com...
> OK, so in this scenario, you would be able to reinstall an OEM copy of
> Vista
> on a different pc, and still be within the oem guidelines?
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> That would be when the power supply shorts out with a bang and destroys
>> your
>> motherboard.
>>
>> Pretty catastrophic, I think.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>>
>> "BIGDADDY51" <BIGDADDY51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:561C1A31-46B2-42BD-B5E0-8C2607FE940E@microsoft.com...
>> > Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's
>> > contained
>> > in the oem license.
>>
>>

I thought I'd read here that Microsoft recognized that PC makers would
have to be able to r e p l a c e a motherboard under warranty -- which
might be a few months, a year or longer -- and so under the OEM licence
would be allowed to

r e p l a c e a motherboard but not necessarily to
u p g r a d e one

...... unless the old motherboard was no longer available ......

A WORD to the wise .... ?

Yes! If an OEM manufacturer replaces the M/B with the exact same M/B, there
is no problem.

If an end user changes to another M/B, or moves the OEM O/S to another
computer - that's where problems come into play.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Hugh Wyn Griffith" <huwyngr@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:VA.0000003d.004e579a@tampabay.rr.com...
>I thought I'd read here that Microsoft recognized that PC makers would
> have to be able to r e p l a c e a motherboard under warranty -- which
> might be a few months, a year or longer -- and so under the OEM licence
> would be allowed to
>
> r e p l a c e a motherboard but not necessarily to
> u p g r a d e one
>
> ..... unless the old motherboard was no longer available ......
>
> A WORD to the wise .... ?
>

In article <uKFqEJCRHHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Richard Urban
wrote:

> If an end user changes to another M/B,

Unless he is replacing a defective one no longer obtainable ....... <g>

Choice of wording is going to be very important.

I wonder how MS will deal with the situation where they say that
because it is OEM you have to deal with the manufacturer of the PC but
the manufacturer's warranty has expired. Will MS say "Then pay the
manufacturer to replace the motherboard, or if necessary the PC" and
the user will reply that the MS OEM contract is only that the
manufacturer has to support the operating system ......

Are we having fun yet?

That could be a blessing ,and you could then do a fresh install of something
newer.

"Henry Jones" wrote:

> Or your wife leaves you for another woman !
>
>
> "BIGDADDY51" <BIGDADDY51@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:561C1A31-46B2-42BD-B5E0-8C2607FE940E@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone give me the MS definition of Catastrophic failure.? It's
> > contained
> > in the oem license.
>
>
>