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Old July 28, 2008, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by death_hawk View Post
I guess the ONLY way you can pluck a license off an OEM copy is via defective motherboard (mostly common knowledge).
The condition is that it has to be identical OR a warranty replacement. If you cannot find either of those 2, the license is technically invalid.
However you can take that key & an oem install disc and install away and reactivate. It may/is frowned upon by MS, but I "heard" it works.
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