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Vista licensing - Will It Kill Enthusiasts Interest ?

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Microsoft have announced that Vista licenses will be restricted to a single PC - even if your remove the software from that device and want to install it on a different device.

They have given permission to move the license to one different PC in the event of catastrophic hardware failure but it will be strictly limitied to one move only.

Here are a couple of articles that got me thinking ...
http://www.winsupers...nvista_licensing.asp
http://www.winsupers..._licensing_reply.asp

This seems totally unacceptable to me.  Here's a CNET article about vista limiting transfers.

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