Booting camping with Windows now, then with nMP

[Luba]

Hi, I am boot camping with Windows 8 now with my Mac Pro. I set it up by buying a Windows 8 System Builder DVD on Amazon. If I Boot Camp again with nMP would I need to buy another Windows 8 System Builder DVD?

Or is there a way to de-authorize Windows 8 on my Mac Pro, so I can transfer it to nMP? I know that's how Adobe's CS 5 Master Collection works, but I couldn't find such a command in Windows 8.

 

[brand]

The System Builder license is technically tied to the original computer it is installed on.

 

[hfg]

Microsoft will allow you to re-authorize (requires a phone call) a new computer with RETAIL copies of Windows. System builder disks are permanently tied to the first computer that they are installed/authorized on, and you will be unable to re-authorize them on a different computer.

 

[Luba]

Thought so . . . but I am allowed to do clean installs on that first computer, correct? The drivers for Mac keyboard and trackpad is kind of acting weird, so I'd like to do a clean install as I upgrade to Windows 8.1 (have 8.0 installed)

Microsoft will allow you to re-authorize (requires a phone call) a new computer with RETAIL copies of Windows. System builder disks are permanently tied to the first computer that they are installed/authorized on, and you will be unable to re-authorize them on a different computer.

 

[DanielCoffey]

Yes you can do a clean install onto the SAME machine.