Confusion with Windows 7 Professional 64bit version Upgrade vs OEM vs full install

[MicroDon]

I continue hearing unlike clarification concerning about the upgrade vs. the full install vs. the (OEM) system builders version for Windows 7 Professional. I possess Windows XP pro for my previous system (along with install disc), I am purchasing a new computer with building it as of scratch and moving my previous computer. I was informed that the OEM edition is just permitted to be installed one time on a system build. I usually do the full clean install frequently. Therefore I require being to reinstall the Operating System on my computer more than one time. I want that this version can be used in future also If I want to upgrade my system. I wish to purchase the OEM edition but want to know I can install it again or not. Which version of Windows 7 Professional 64 bit do I should to purchase?

[Dolsy_bendal]

I would like to tell you that you can install the OEM on the similar computer again and again but you7 will not be able to move the OEM to a different computer. Even though you need to move that then you have to have the Windows 7 Full version. I hope that this will clear your doubt to some extends.

[Ekpah]

I have personal experience with this so I can say that you can install it as many times as you want to install them. But these installations should be on the same computer where you install it first time. Once it installed on one computer then it cannot be installed on any other computer after that. This is the only one major difficulty with an OEM version because if your computer dies or someone stolen that then the license is over with that.

[teena_pansare]

All the users who are running a Microsoft Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) operating system might upgrade the majority of the hardware on the computer and also preserve the license for the unique Microsoft OEM operating system software which is given by the OEM with the omission of an upgrade of the motherboard. An upgrade of the motherboard is taken as creating a fresh personal computer. So, Microsoft OEM operating system software cannot be moved from a different computer. If your motherboard is upgraded for any reasons except a fault then this means that a new computer is formed and you will need a new operating system license. If the motherboard is returned as of a fault then you do not require acquiring a new operating system license. The motherboard substitute should be the identical make and model, or the matching manufacturer’s replacement. The cause for this licensing regulation mainly relates to the EULA and support for the software enclosed by that EULA. The EULA is nothing but the set of usage rights approved to the end-user by manufacturer. The EULA narrates simply to rights for that software as it is installed on exacting computer. The System Builder is essential to hold the software on that computer.