Hmmm... What happens if the motherboard fails under warranty? Do you have to have a new OEM license assigned by the manufacturer?
To OP, I expect MS Licensing would be more fruitful than Sales. Of course Sales wants you to buy multiple licenses :) On 7/17/08 1:27 PM, "Tim Vander Kooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are 2 types of OEM licenses. You are referring to a FULL OEM license. > The OEM license installed by the manufacturer and is tied only to the BIOS of > the machine, you can literally change everything but the motherboard and still > be compliant. > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: E. Peeters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 3:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: MSFT licensing: Multiple hard disks, single computer, single > drive at once > > Afraid I'm not going to help, but an OEM license states that a system is > the sum of: > -a CPU; > -a motherboard; > -a power supply; > -a hard drive. > > Not a lawyer, but my guess is, change one of the components above and > you have a different system. > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
