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if you upgrade hardware w windows 10 you will have to buy it! :(

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Hey guys this may be a bit of an outrage but here i go

 

SOURCE: http://imgur.com/gallery/8OJ4t and https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f02fu/psa_you_must_upgrade_your_existing_windows_os_to/

 

Microsoft has decided to make people pay for windows 10 if we are upgrading hardware like motherboard and some other hardware you will have to pay for windows 10 every time.  :angry:

 

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

 

Why would microsoft do this?

 

if we make enough noise i think we will be able to do something about it

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Ah, the mobo thing again.

It's been that way for a while.

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You been livin under a rock for the last couple of years?

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I've read that you can replace hdd and it's fine.

 

Ah, the mobo thing again.

It's been that way for a while.

no it hasn't. w8.1 had one key activated at one time policy, no matter of the machine, this is a step backwards if it is like that.

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Ah, the mobo thing again.

It's been that way for a while.

 

 

but every upgrade of your motherboard you will have to buy it

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who's name is jave b

 

idk some dude a microsoft 

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I've read that you can replace hdd and it's fine.

 

no it hasn't. w8.1 had one key activated at one time policy, no matter of the machine, this is a step backwards if it is like that.

OEM keys are tied to mobos/CPUs.

 

Pretty sure it's the same thing with Windows 10.

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I think the person is probably not understanding it properly.

The computer is the same computer as long as the Motherboard and CPU are the same.

and how would they detect a different GPU or Ram? 

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Same with 7, 8 and 8.1 i am sure

 

no that was a fresh install

 

you didnt have to buy the os everytime you upgrade mobo

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no that was a fresh install

 

you didnt have to buy the os everytime you upgrade mobo

 

You did when switching CPU and motherboard.

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Same with 7, 8 and 8.1 I am sure

I don't know about the others but with 7 it wasn't a problem.

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OEM keys are tied to mobos/CPUs.

 

Pretty sure it's the same thing with Windows 10.

oem yes, normal keys weren't, if this is talking about oem key then sure. but even oem keys allowed you to replace everything except mobo.

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You did when switching CPU and motherboard.

 

no you didnt.

 

ive done it and i didnt have to REBUY the whole os again

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Good thing I wont be changing hardware any time soon :D

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wait what? just upgrading the gpu requires you to repurchase win10?? whats sort of BS is that?

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OEM keys are tied to mobos/CPUs.

I tried to use a key from one of my broken notebooks in my macbook and it worked, so they are not tied. (win7)

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but every upgrade of your motherboard you will have to buy it

 

I don't know about the others but with 7 it wasn't a problem.

 

Yes it was. Usually you could get away with one or two upgrades of motherboard, but CPU would almost always trigger it.

 

You just called up tech support and they reactivated it. Doesn't seem to be the case now.

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oem yes, normal keys weren't, if this is talking about oem key then sure. but even oem keys allowed you to replace everything except mobo.

This still allows you to replace anything apart from the mobo and CPU (maybe?).

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no you didnt.

 

ive done it and i didnt have to REBUY the whole os again

 

I am sure you did a lot of my friends have made the switch from AMD to Intel and had to do it also why you getting so defensive?

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I asked micorosft support, and they told me that if I reinstall my original copy of windows, because I had reserved it I will always be able to upgrade from that OS back up to 10, so the license will revalidate. However, I'm not quite sure how that would work, so take it with a grain of salt.

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