I think one of the other members came up with a good idea.

AS LONG as your software vendors (not the MS-OS) would
not get all nuts about it... (You might have to talk your way out
of it with the more strict ones.)

Practice with the RTM (FPP) full version, but never activate it.
Use the re-arm slmgr trick to keep it running "up to" 3 to 4 reseals.
THEN wipe it all (totally) (UN-activated) and use your factory license
and key.
If it is the full retail version bought at retail (FPP), you could even
activate it and then "officially" move it to a different box later under
the "one machine" licensing rules for (FPP).
(Retail Channel-FullProducePackage)

There are lots of interesting choices you could play around with, all legal.

The OEM version (if from a Channel-OEM) would have a VERY
restricted license and basicially be worthless with any different machine.

Rick Glazier

From: "Michael Wosnick"
>I am really only worried about HAL-type things and the "swamp" as you have described it. I purchased a stand alone version of Win 7 
>before I knew that I was going to have a dead computer, so I could install a full retail version on a brand new drive that I would 
>place into the temporary machine and then move that drive over to the new machine when it arrives. That means I would not use the 
>OEM version of Win 7 that was supplied on the new machine (or on the temporary one, for that matter). Not sure what I would do with 
>it, but I have more than enough OS systems than computers :)
>clipped 

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