jfizz84

yea i had a friend call ms with a pirated os and say yea some guy who was fixing my computer went outta business and never activated my windows. they gave him a new key over the phone

TwoCables

But to be clear, that's 3 re-activations on the same system. Not 3 activations on 3 different systems at the same time.

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TwoCables

Yeah, dare I say I don't think those Microsoft reps have any balls. They just take your word for it.

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Wicki

if you change the mobo 3 times ur good for 3 after that you will need to call MS

the call system is really layed back

you get a guy that sounds like hes so bored and sometimes they just do it with no questions asked.

its like the first numbers please sir

ok im generating you a installation id

please place the cursor in the first box

type the following

thank you for calling ms

and ur DONE

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TwoCables

Hmm. I didn't know that it was good for 3 in that respect.

But I agree: it's laid back. It's almost too laid back, but that's ok because every call is silky smooth!

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Wicki

its stupidly layed back, but it has to be really people get screwed ova all the time and they are paying good money for it.


MS is really kind with the hole piracy they could just stop that copy of office etc from loading but they just give ppl a little notice.

as alotta ppl pay money for something and then later down the track they find that they have been lied to, so i think its just Microsoft way of support the people that got shafted.

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Wicki

no reason to buy the $$ version.

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BURNS331

So in other words this is a good deal. Im wanting to upgrade my mobo to a 780i soon enough though. But if i can get MS to let me do it then i think this OS is a reasonable option to paying $2xx

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drjoey1500

Technically isn't OEM only good for one mobo? I believe you can change any other component but it is tied to the mobo. (plz correct me if I'm wrong)

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TwoCables

$2xx? But the retail version is $114.99 shipped. I know that this is an Upgrade version, but it has all the same amount of bits and bytes that the Full version has. It's just intended to be an upgrade, but you can do a full install of it after formatting your hard drive and all of that. And since you have Vista, you can actually do the in-place Upgrade if you really wanted to.
Technically, but the phone representative I talked to allowed me to take my OEM copy from one computer to another. I was retiring my old system. They knew this, but they let me do it anyway. However, the EULA states that it should not be allowed, even if you're retiring the old system.

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