Sager Drivers and software

[Windkull]

I think most microsoft licenses are actually for 1 PC and 1 laptop anyways (the home and small business ones at least).

[othonda]

If you order a copy of windows with your laptop these are OEM licenses, so they will be tied to the original laptop hardware.

Resellers correct me if I am wrong.

[mythlogic]

I think most microsoft licenses are actually for 1 PC and 1 laptop anyways (the home and small business ones at least).

You are thinking about office, windows is supposed to be a one shot deal, at least the OEM copies.

If you order a copy of windows with your laptop these are OEM licenses, so they will be tied to the original laptop hardware.

Resellers correct me if I am wrong.

Nope your right. =)

[Windkull]

You are thinking about office, windows is supposed to be a one shot deal, at least the OEM copies.



Nope your right. =)

I think the educational licenses are 2-3 use though so if you have one of those

[ViolentArmy]

Yeah, the Educational Licenses can be used on multiple computers, last I knew it was 3 computers, but you also can only buy one a year, or at least from my University you could.

[Windkull]

Yeah but I have one address from college, one from my law school's university and a third from the law school itself (edu addresses). Then I have my wife's law school address so thats more than enough educational licenses for me.

[Catan]

If I buy a laptop sans a hard drive and do a direct install of my old hard drive (from my old laptop) into this new one, will everything run as is? (albeit faster) I have an educational license Windows 7 Pro.

[mythlogic]

If I buy a laptop sans a hard drive and do a direct install of my old hard drive (from my old laptop) into this new one, will everything run as is? (albeit faster) I have an educational license Windows 7 Pro.

In theory it should work. Thats a HUGE theory and it probably would never be stable, nor is it ever recommended to do something like that. If your moving from a whole different hardware setup the suggestion is to do a clean install.

[Epsilon748]

If I buy a laptop sans a hard drive and do a direct install of my old hard drive (from my old laptop) into this new one, will everything run as is? (albeit faster) I have an educational license Windows 7 Pro.

No, it probably won't. In theory, it should. But Microsoft has Windows set up to notice this kind of thing and you'll have your copy invalidated when it senses such a huge hardware change (mostly due to the change in motherboard).

You may get lucky, but I wouldn't count on it. Windows tends to tie itself to the motherboard, so you'd have to reinstall if there were drastic hardware changes.