Upgrading motherboard and CPU

I have been using Vista Ultimate on my 2 year old self built computer for six
months. I would like to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Can I do so
without purchasing a new license?

yes, should not be a problem.

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"Pendrak" <> wrote in message
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>I have been using Vista Ultimate on my 2 year old self built computer for
>six
> months. I would like to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Can I do so
> without purchasing a new license?

Provided you purchased retail and not a generic OEM copy, yes.

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"Pendrak" <> wrote in message
news:9B6571BA-73F3-43A0-8F48-...
>I have been using Vista Ultimate on my 2 year old self built computer for
>six
> months. I would like to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Can I do so
> without purchasing a new license?

Yes. If the original install worked on your 'self built' machine, it will
work again on the second 'self built' system. If it has Not been 4 months
since the last 'authentication' you will need the 'phone in' option
available from the authentication dialog.

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"Pendrak" <> wrote in message
news:9B6571BA-73F3-43A0-8F48-...
> I have been using Vista Ultimate on my 2 year old self built computer for
> six
> months. I would like to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Can I do so
> without purchasing a new license?

Sure.

You might have to activate again, but tht's no big deal. I just did this
very thing with an XP machine I have.



"Pendrak" <> wrote in message
news:9B6571BA-73F3-43A0-8F48-...
>I have been using Vista Ultimate on my 2 year old self built computer for
>six
> months. I would like to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Can I do so
> without purchasing a new license?

Yes, no problems there.You may have to Activate by Phone, though, rather
than having to use the online activation.

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Dustin Harper

http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page


"Pendrak" <> wrote in message
news:9B6571BA-73F3-43A0-8F48-...
>I have been using Vista Ultimate on my 2 year old self built computer for
>six
> months. I would like to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Can I do so
> without purchasing a new license?

Pendrak wrote:
> I have been using Vista Ultimate on my 2 year old self built computer for six
> months. I would like to upgrade my motherboard, CPU, and RAM. Can I do so
> without purchasing a new license?

Yes. But you will probably need to activate again.

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