Windows 7 system builder online

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Previous Next. You are the System Builder as you are building your own PC. You are also the r ecipient. So yes you can install the OEM copy. However be aware of the fact that should the motherboard fail you OEM version of Windows 7 is now worthless as it can not be installed on another PC. If you buy a replacement motherboard it must be an "exact" duplicate one small change by the motherboard manufacture or the replacement motherboard even though it may have the same part number and you will not be able to re-activate Windows 7.

This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to J W Stuart's post on February 11, I don't think that is correct. For Server products, a hard drive and separate power supply are not required. That's the ONLY mention of motherboard in the whole licence.

If you find my response helpful, please click on the "Vote as Helpful" button! Thank you! My Blog. In reply to A. User's post on February 11, Well all I can tell you is that I've changed power supplies, Graphics cards, CPU, memory, hard drives not all at the same time and never had an issue. However changing the Network card triggered the need to re-activate.

A for motherboards that a given that re-activation will be required even on retail versions. Oh yes, re-activation, sure. That's no problem What if it was replaced because it was defective? I think it answers my question. Thank you both for replying. In reply to MikeT. Good find Mike, I'm no lawyer but have handled a number of Military contracts. The word "intent" is not very strong. If it was worded as "Shall" then there would be not question. That said, in my opinion anything posted on a web site can not be considered legal and binding as the next time you click on the link the page and words contains therein could have been changed.

I would be more interested in the licence file and what it contains. The two types of licenses here differ conceptually. Another is for people building computers and preinstalling Windows, or maybe building their own PCs — it seems to go back and forth with each Windows release. As you might expect, System Builder copies of Windows are cheaper — but they are more limited.

How much money depends on the deals you find. On Amazon at the moment, the retail version of Windows 8. For Windows 8. Microsoft fixed the System Builder licensing problem with Windows 8 before reverting back to the old broken system with Windows 8.

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