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MS on OEM Windows transferral
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According to MS:
"Another common misconception is that you can transfer a preinstalled or OEM copy of Windows from an "old" machine to a new machine. An OEM software license may not be transferred from and old machine to a new machine—even if that machine is no longer in use. The OEM license is tied to the machine on which it was originally installed and can't be transferred to other machines."

http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/YourPC_do.mspx

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