Windows Home Server (OEM copy): Will I be able to reactivate on differnt mobo online?

[jalaram]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: bsobel
The VAST majority of WHS users get WHS with their hardware, that is the design on the program (along with EBS). VERY few people get WHS oem. For those that do, when you upgrade to a new server, you can sell the old one (along with ITS copy of WHS). You act like the value of the previous system goes to 0 when that is clearly not the case.

My point still stands. For customers interested in WHS, MS provides only one choice, if you wish to upgrade your hardware and still run WHS - pay the piper over and over again, for the same piece of software.

I deleted out the retail/OEM parts to highlight how he had already answered this one point of yours.

Simply put, you're correct about thing. "For customers interested in WHS, MS provides only one choice". The choice, however as Bill pointed out, is that they are not selling to customers at all. They only sell it to system builders for a new system. The system builders then sell a system with WHS to the customer. My copy from Newegg says that quite clearly. Thus, it should only need to be activated once when the system builder sets it up.

Now, as has been discussed, upgrading hardware only pertains to the MB and not cpu, ram, hd, vid card, etc. How often do you expect to upgrade the MB of a server that has such limited needs as WHS? It's not aimed at enthusiasts. Just set it up and forget about it.