im sooo confused!

SpeedEng66

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back when vista was about to be intro
they had a deal/promo buy a copy of xp and get a upgrade copy of vista
so I purchased a xp retail copy and also recieved a vista upgrade oem (from MS)


I would like to upgrade in the next few months to a I7 setup
can I reuse the xp mce/vista hp upgrade oem os onto the new i7 or is it strapped to the current MB?
 

RebateMonger

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Are you sure your XP is Retail? Windows XP Media Center Edition was only produced in an OEM version.

According to Microsoft's licensing agreement, OEM software, once installed on a PC, isn't supposed to be moved to new motherboards.

Regading the Vista Upgrade: It's an Upgrade, so it's definitely supposed to be used on a PC that already has a dedicated license for Windows. License-wise, you can't use it on your "new" PC because you can't move your XP license (assuming it's OEM) to your "new" PC.

From a licensing viewpoint, OEM licenses have definite limitations. That's one of the reasons that MS sells them cheap. They are supposed to stay with the orignal computer forever.
 
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