08-21-2015, 04:28 PM (This post was last modified: 08-21-2015, 05:43 PM by Britec.)
I found this forum through this awesome vid
But I have a concern.
I am planning on buying a new motherboard, ram, power source and cpu and would love to use this method to keep my old drive but I have a question;
Will my Windows 7 OEM still be "activated"? Or will I have to take a chance on the retail copies I scored from a book sale(which were open but the cd's were still tight to the spindle so I have no confirmation they are usable.) and backup my entire drive instead of just important stuff and format it. eek
The reason for this licensing rule primarily relates to the Microsoft Software License Terms and the support of the software covered by those terms. The Microsoft Software License Terms are a set of usage rights granted to the end user by the PC manufacturer, and relate only to rights for that software as installed on that particular PC. The system builder is required to support the software on the original PC. Understanding that end users, over time, upgrade their PCs with different components, Microsoft needed to have one base component "left standing" that would still define the original PC. Since the motherboard contains the CPU and is the "heart and soul" of the PC, when the motherboard is replaced (for reasons other than defect) a new PC is essentially created. The original system builder did not manufacture this new PC, and therefore cannot be expected to support it.
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Hi, I'm in a similar position to clobbergirl, I need to build a new pc using my existing W10 OS. I had a PC with Vista on it and purchased an official Microsoft upgrade to W7. Since then I have upgraded to the free W10 version, but my motherboard needs changing. I still have the Vista to W7 upgrade package complete with it's product key. Is it acceptable to do this and continue using my existing W10 OS which is on an SSD?
Hope I have done this correctly as I have never posted on a forum before?
The reason for this licensing rule primarily relates to the Microsoft Software License Terms and the support of the software covered by those terms. The Microsoft Software License Terms are a set of usage rights granted to the end user by the PC manufacturer, and relate only to rights for that software as installed on that particular PC. The system builder is required to support the software on the original PC. Understanding that end users, over time, upgrade their PCs with different components, Microsoft needed to have one base component "left standing" that would still define the original PC. Since the motherboard contains the CPU and is the "heart and soul" of the PC, when the motherboard is replaced (for reasons other than defect) a new PC is essentially created. The original system builder did not manufacture this new PC, and therefore cannot be expected to support it.
It really depends on what motherboard you are getting. If you have an AMD or an Intel chip make sure you get the same chip as it can delete your operating system. Also sometimes it will work normally just depends sometimes.
According to stuff I have read you can change every component of your PC without a reinstall or re-activation of windows 10 with latest update of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, just by linking your Microsoft account with the digital license as per link . I have not done this in real life but from taking to others online it works!
i.e. change motherboard no problem. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-re...ardware-change
12-14-2016, 05:57 PM (This post was last modified: 12-14-2016, 05:57 PM by RichTech.)
(12-14-2016, 12:27 PM)whitelight999 Wrote: Can you upgrade to win10?
According to stuff I have read you can change every component of your PC without a reinstall or re-activation of windows 10 with latest update of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, just by linking your Microsoft account with the digital license as per link . I have not done this in real life but from taking to others online it works!
i.e. change motherboard no problem. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-re...ardware-change
whitelight999, Please can you create a new thread in the Windows 10 Forum about upgrading to windows 10, thanks!
