We've had this conversation before, and the EULA sems to be a great deal
more flexible than you suggest.
My XP Home, OEM install is on its third motherboard (2d computer) with
complete approval from MS via product activatiion.
The first install was a purchased clone. Second was when I replaced the
motherboard (Different manufacturer, different model). Third is the home
build I am using at present.

Tony Mayer wrote:

> Unfortunately, if the OS was installed by the builder (an OEM
> installation) then this is not correct.  OEM installations are tied to
> the specific motherboard that it's installed on.  It cannot be
> transferred to another motherboard.
> The following comes from a Microsoft System Builder Chat Session held on
> Feb. 22, 2005 (the full chat session can be found at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/sysbuild/05_0222_sb.mspx
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/aseca if that doesn't work for you) :
>
> **********
> JD - Microsoft (Expert):
> Q: Am I wrong or is there different wordage for the different types of
> license 's with say XP OS and MS Office,Then why does it say that that u
> can install OS on up to 2 systems for personal use in the License
> agreement?
> A: Each and every product we publish has its own EULA. Even different
> version of the same product may have different EULAs (for example, XP
> Pro SP1 and XP Pro SP2 are different; XP Pro OEM and XP Pro Retail also
> have different EULAs). The XP Pro OEM EULA states clearly that the
> product can only be installed on a single system and that it cannot be
> transfered off that system onto another system.
> **********
>
> Tony Mayer
>
>
> Sven wrote:
>
>> Hello Jeffrey,
>>
>> The operating system can be legitimately transferred to new hardware.
>> The
>> End-User License Agreement (EULA) defines hardware as a single computer
>> system, or the computer system with which the hardware operates if the
>> hardware is a system component. This is assuming you comply with the
>> other
>> terms of the EULA, primarily that of having it installed on only one
>> system
>> at any given time. This means that Windows XP Pro would need to be
>> uninstalled from the Compaq before installing it on the Acer. You
>> could, in
>> turn, reinstall XP Home on the Compaq.
>
>
>
>

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