On 19/12/2012 01:27, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:31:02 +0000, GB
wrote:

The copy of Windows you got was a machine is locked to the Dell BIOS on
the motherboard, so if you change that to a generic motherboard you will
also need a new copy of Windows.

Not so. My XP Pro I ran for years was an ex-Dell OEM disc which didn't
ever ask or give a stuff about the hardware.


It seems that big corporate users throw stuff out after 4 years so
there's usually a glut of Dells on EBay