I agree that the CD and the PK live independent lives. However....
Firstly, my understanding has always been that at the time of installation of the OS, when a user enters the PK, that it is then tied, in the MS database, to the Motherboard ID. If the user (or in this case the user's roommate) now uses that PK with a different MB, that it will flag up on the MS database and the installation will not proceed until the user convinces MS that the original MB is dead.
Secondly, I was under the impression that the W8.1 ISO could only be used in two circumstances - 1. to reinstall W8.1 on a machine that originally had an OEM version of W8.1 installed and where the PK was hard-coded into the BIOS (or more correctly the UEFI)...... or 2. where the user purchased a PK from MS.
Is my understanding of the above procedures incorrect?
T.
Firstly, my understanding has always been that at the time of installation of the OS, when a user enters the PK, that it is then tied, in the MS database, to the Motherboard ID. If the user (or in this case the user's roommate) now uses that PK with a different MB, that it will flag up on the MS database and the installation will not proceed until the user convinces MS that the original MB is dead.
Secondly, I was under the impression that the W8.1 ISO could only be used in two circumstances - 1. to reinstall W8.1 on a machine that originally had an OEM version of W8.1 installed and where the PK was hard-coded into the BIOS (or more correctly the UEFI)...... or 2. where the user purchased a PK from MS.
Is my understanding of the above procedures incorrect?
T.