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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Yep you are wrong.. The licence can be transferred from PC to PC as long as the original software was not deemed OEM.. Microsoft though does have hardware checks built into their activation programs purely as a protection to their software being used on more than one PC at the same time.. It can cause issues and fail the automated activation but if you push your case microsoft will activate it on another machine as long as you don't have it still on a previous PC and you can prove that you are the original purchaser..
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correct. My EULA states that the software is licenced for upto 2 processors so if i shove a quad core in, it will require re licensing
I think this is the key phrase in licensing
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SCOPE OF LICENSE. The software is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the features included in the software edition you licensed
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Basically i understand that to mean you never own the software ,you only purchase a licence to use the software therefore any like for like copy of that software can be used i.e windows 7 hp can be reinstalled with another copy of windows 7 hp and not Ultimate ,as long as it is a genuine copy of windows 7