So what your suggesting is that if I replace the mobo in my dell computer I have to go out and buy a new copy of Windows because it's legally tied to the mobo. Your going to have to provide documentation on that, because according the Eula the COA is tied to the box not the motherboard. Now, this can also be a gray area if I go out and buy a retail copy of windows, the computer dies and I re-install it on a new computer, and the old one defunct. Yes, your supposed to go out and by a new copy of Windows. Now here is the challenge. Go out and find a company that does that with a server or mission critical workstation. Most companies will not replace the OS unless there is a huge significant advantage to buy the newest OS. It just does not happen. So EULA aside if you gotta have the OS and all that's on it and the box its on dies, that is what Acronis was created for. So you can move that OS whatever it is to brand new bare metal hardware, install the drivers and go about your merry way. We can debate what the EULA says until we are old and grey, but what companies around the world are actually doing and what the EULA says are two different things and everyone here on Tom's knows that.
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