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nowwhatnapster   07-11-2009 at 10:59:27 PM

How does windows system builder licensing work?

I need to understand how it works before I decide to buy into it.

Lets pretend i'm buying this

Here are my questions:

  • How many times am I allowed to install this on the same pc (same hardware)?
  • Does it allow upgrading major parts within the PC without requiring a new license each time?
  • Can I install it on multiple PC's without requiring a new license each time?
  • I don't care much about MS support not being included, but is it still available if i chose to pay for it?
  • If I sold my PC I could sell the license with it (transferrable) is this true? Would I need to re-purchase a license when I build a new PC if I transferred it already

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Grumpy9117   07-11-2009 at 11:22:32 PM
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1. 1
2. Everything except the motherboard (unless it dies).
3. No.
4. No, you provide the support.
5. The license is actually intended for the PC to be sold to the end user.

Grumpy

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nowwhatnapster   07-12-2009 at 05:10:32 PM
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Grumpy9117 wrote :

1. 1
2. Everything except the motherboard (unless it dies).
3. No.
4. No, you provide the support.
5. The license is actually intended for the PC to be sold to the end user.

Grumpy



Ok that sounds good...Going back to question 1: How does reinstalling work if I'm only allowed to install it one time on the same PC. We all know sometimes its way easier to do a clean install than troubleshoot windows errors.

*edit* nevermind, looks like you can reinstall it as many times as you want. But I still need this next question answered:

Will I be able to purchase the windows 7 upgrade and use it with xp pro system builders edition? Or do you need a retail version to be eligible? If it works with system builders, are you allowed to keep using the xp or does upgrading mean your giving up your xp lic permanently.

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joewein   10-20-2009 at 09:17:47 AM
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nowwhatnapster wrote :

Will I be able to purchase the windows 7 upgrade and use it with xp pro system builders edition? Or do you need a retail version to be eligible? If it works with system builders, are you allowed to keep using the xp or does upgrading mean your giving up your xp lic permanently.



A retail upgrade version can be used to upgrade either an OEM version or a retail version, doesn't matter which. A System Builder version is an OEM version, so the upgrade will be legal.

Note however that you can not perform an in-place upgrade from XP (any version) to Windows 7. You need to reinstall the OS from scratch and then reinstall all your apps. To get from XP to 7 without losing all your registry settings you would first have to do an upgrade to Vista, but a two generation upgrade is not really recommended...

I don't know the answer to your second question for sure, but your XP System Builder license is non-transferable, so you definitely could not use it for a second PC once you switch the first PC to Windows 7, only (perhaps) on the same PC (say, with two different hard disks).


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