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Basicamente a Micro$oft diz que a instalação de uma nova motherboard equivale a um novo PC, portanto terá que se adquirir uma nova licença do Windows, a não ser que a instalação se deva a avaria da MB. É o Bill Gaitas sempre a surpreender:
“An upgrade of the motherboard is considered to result in a “new personal computer” to which Microsoft® OEM operating system software cannot be transferred from another computer. If the motherboard is upgraded or replaced for reasons other than a defect, then a new computer has been created and the license of new operating system software is required.”
“Microsoft needed to have one base component “left standing” that would still define that original PC. Since the motherboard contains the CPU and is the “heart and soul” of the PC, when the motherboard is replaced (for reasons other than defect) a new PC is essentially created.”





