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<blockquote data-quote="ovbg" data-source="post: 1077016" data-attributes="member: 162687"><p>Actually, reactivating Windows on a new machine was pretty easy for me. I've done it on many occasions, either for work as a system administrator, or at home. Regarding home activations, I had an OEM version which when my PC was heavily upgraded, it still activated without any issues. This surprised me because on OEM's, they usually check for changed hardware and if too much was changed you may get initially refused. I had changed my memory, video card, Hard Drives, CPU, actually, everything but the mother board and it still went through. A standard Windows (non-OEM) version has none of these limitations. On one occasion I did have to call MS and it was very quick and painless. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Fair enough here. This is especially the case for many notebooks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ovbg, post: 1077016, member: 162687"] Actually, reactivating Windows on a new machine was pretty easy for me. I've done it on many occasions, either for work as a system administrator, or at home. Regarding home activations, I had an OEM version which when my PC was heavily upgraded, it still activated without any issues. This surprised me because on OEM's, they usually check for changed hardware and if too much was changed you may get initially refused. I had changed my memory, video card, Hard Drives, CPU, actually, everything but the mother board and it still went through. A standard Windows (non-OEM) version has none of these limitations. On one occasion I did have to call MS and it was very quick and painless. Fair enough here. This is especially the case for many notebooks. [/QUOTE]
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