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Originally Posted by meanman
the oem version of xp will install on a new build without any problems, but after you have installed it if at any point you replace the mobo it wont register forcing you to ring microsoft to activte windows again, this is because the oem version attaches itself to the mobo and on some ocasions it will not register if you change other items i.e. dvd drives cpu etc again forcing you to ring microsoft.
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What exactly will happen in those cases? It won't boot? When you say "activate" Windows again, does that mean reinstalling a new version, or just something simple? Does it cost anything extra to have to do this? (From the sound of it, MS provides no support for an OEM version, so I would think they might not even help you reactivate Windows).