- Sep 28, 2001
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I bought 2 OEM copies of Windows 7 x64 on release day.
With my gaming machine I've had 3 different motherboards and cpu's. (latestgoing from 980a chipset to 890fx chipset last week). With the htpc I've had a 780g that I upgraded to a 880g and from a 5000+ to the x3.
Everytime I've reloaded windows the first time on the new
Build, it won't pass online validation, but thengives you the option of phone validating or buying a new key. When you do the phone validation, it simply asks you at the end how many systems your using this key on and you say 1 and poof, Verified!
What's the point in retail versions?
I've done the same with using xp own on various builds.
With my gaming machine I've had 3 different motherboards and cpu's. (latestgoing from 980a chipset to 890fx chipset last week). With the htpc I've had a 780g that I upgraded to a 880g and from a 5000+ to the x3.
Everytime I've reloaded windows the first time on the new
Build, it won't pass online validation, but thengives you the option of phone validating or buying a new key. When you do the phone validation, it simply asks you at the end how many systems your using this key on and you say 1 and poof, Verified!
What's the point in retail versions?
I've done the same with using xp own on various builds.