I don't know about the legalities, but I've upgraded my home-built desktop machine several times (new motherboard, etc.) and the generic OEM-XP activated just fine each time.
Gary VanderMolen ----- Original Message ----- > The mouse makes it a qualifying product, but once it's loaded on a PC, > it's tied to the bulk of the hardware in that machine. > > You couldn't take that mouse, put it on a new PC, and legally load XP. > > Gary VanderMolen wrote: >> With XP, you could buy a generic OEM version (you >> had to buy it with a piece of hardware like a mouse), >> and it would install on any PC. Not sure if Vista will >> have that type of OEM version.
