Read my post.What do you mean?
Yes, I've done it along with others here like Darren. Just have to tie the installation to your MS account first.
Read my post.What do you mean?
Yes, I've done it along with others here like Darren. Just have to tie the installation to your MS account first.
Who needs full version when you can transfer OEM to a new pc just by using your MS account.
While this is the official stance from MS I've never had an instance with my personal hardware that I can't reuse a license. My current 10 license was originally purchased in September 2011 as a Windows 7 Home Prem OEM. Since then it has been reinstalled countless times, both on 7 and later 10. Been installed on I think 4 different hard drives, 4 different motherboards, 6+ video cards, 3 different processors, and never once had it give me an issue of having changed hardware. Every single time it has activated once I connected to MS's servers, and if for whatever reason it didn't then signing in with my MS account fixes it.Yeah but you can't transfer an OEM license an infinite number of times. That's why they still offer the full version. The OEM version still states one PC per license and they use all pieces of hardware to determine an activation. Each time a piece of hardware is changed it uses an unknown number of allowed "re-activations", so eventually you'll have to buy another license. You may even get a reactivation notice after swapping a graphics card.
Linus Tech Tips has a video on this very subject. Every one of their test builds have the activation watermark and they stated it's because they have been unable to transfer OEM licenses after a certain number of hardware changes, especially after motherboard swaps and they consistently get activation codes with the retail version, so it isn't worth the hassle.
$109 for OEM and $140 for retail is still ridconculous considering Microsoft used to sell the OEM licenses well below $100 and the retail version was $119 before fall 2018.
It is what it is, I guess.
It's been this way for decades.So once I use this board, any future upgrade of CPU has to be AMD?
Mildy out of date now but gives you an idea of what it is and what's going on.This thread has been extremely educational. While we are at it, can someone explain to me what is over clocking?
To the CPU, and/or GPU?
What's the advantage?
How is it done?