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On 2 May 2008, at 19:03, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Michael Higgins |
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> <linux@×××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> (Saw a similar thread, going the wrong way.) |
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>> I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install |
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>> from Dell OEM disks that came originally. |
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> I would be very careful about installing from OEM disks. My HP OEM |
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> disks will actually blow ALL the partitions on the drive away, |
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> repartition and reformat the whole drive back to the way it was |
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> shipped from the factory. |
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What he said. |
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> Better if you can find a regular retail copy |
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> of XP. |
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Better if he can find a regular _OEM_ copy of XP. |
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> Note that in the case of this HP Vista license it only works |
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> with the OEM install. The license is no good with a normal copy of |
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> Vista. |
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Right. Same with XP. |
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Basically Microsoft sell XP in a glossy box on the shelves of PC |
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World, and they also sell it a cardboard sleeve which is licensed for |
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OEM use only; if you're Bob's Computers you can buy these singly and |
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it comes with a sticker to stick on the computer's case, just like |
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the license stickers you see on a brand new Compaq or HP. |
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Although the likes of Dell, HP & Packard Hell may make their own |
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reinstall CDs (which we surely can't trust not to mess up the |
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partitions), this isn't a realistic proposition for Bob's Computers - |
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but don't worry, Microsoft make an install CD for him and supply it |
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in the single-pack version of XP OEM. |
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The OEM license numbers don't work with a retail installation CD & |
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vice-versa. So what Michael needs is a Microsoft-branded OEM |
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installation CD. These work with any OEM license number (even if the |
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sticker says "Dell" or "HP" on it), as long as the Home / |
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Professional versioning is correct. |
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I would suggest - as long as you live in Sweden - the famous 9-in-1 |
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OEM CD, from your favourite swashbuckling sea-dog. Arrrrr, me |
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hearties! This be perfectly legal because the the sticker on the |
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underside of the the laptop is the license for XP, not the CD itself. |
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Stroller. |
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