On 2013-01-30 2:32 AM, Luis Moreira wrote:
> Hi Guys, My main PC at home, which is about four years old and
> running windows 7, is slowly developing faults as time goes by and I
> think it is time to get a new motherboard for it. My question is, if
> I fit a new mother board with probably new processor and memory do I
> have to do a clean installation of windows7. I really don't want to
> do that... Thanks. Best Regards

How Winbloze calculates whether or not you have to purchase a new
license is how "different" your hardware upgrade is from your original
hardware. Certain parts collect more "points" and contribute more
towards it forcing you to buy a new license. A motherboard and CPU are
pretty much what make a computer a computer, so I'm willing to bet that
you'll need to buy a new license and activate again. But I don't *think*
you'll have to "reinstall", maybe just reactivate with a new license.
Extremely easy to get around it though. But of course, you shouldn't do
it because it's wrong and Santa will put you on his bad boy list.

--=20
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
.