On Fri, 9 May 2008 19:31:36 -0700, "Bender"
<imnotgivingmynametoa@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>The difference between an OEM version and a Retail version is the license.
>Manufacturers may alter the OEM that they use, but the OEM copy that you buy
>is the same as the retail version, except for the license.
>
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>"Emerald Saint" <xp.student@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:2MOdnZNS87Ze_LnVnZ2dnUVZ_qqgnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I totally broke the Vista on my HP Pavillion dv2000 laptop. The Pavillion
>> is about 1.5 years old. I am going to buy a Vista installation DVD. OEM
>> DVDs are cheaper. I used OEM versions of WinXP on homebuilt desktop PCs
>> and never had any problem. Are there potential problems using an OEM
>> Vista DVD on a HP Pavillion ? Because it is an HP I wonder if there is
>> some 'proprietary' tricks they have to keep you from using an OEM disk.
The only "trick" they use is using non-standard devices in their
Laptops, which makes it very difficult to find Vista drivers.
IF you buy a NON-HP OEM disk (i.e., "A System Builder Kit from your
local System Builder Shop), you will only have the problem of finding
the correct Vista drivers for your laptop and installing them.
There is nothing [techincally or legally] HP can do to stop the user
from using a non-HP System Builder Kit.
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>> Also, are some OEM disks made to install on only one kind of PC ?
>>
>> Please tell me what you know. Your help may save me a lot of trouble.
>>
>> TIA
>>
Basically, there are three types of OEM media:
1) "System Builder Kits". These have everything a "Full Retail" copy
has, but cannot be used to do an in-place upgrade of a previous
Microsoft OS. They are produced and released by Microsoft, and may be
installed on any Intel-Based, BIOS-using machine. Buy one from your
local System Builder shop. These are always branded only by
Microsoft.
2) "BIOS-LOCKED". These are produced by major System Builders, and
are exactly like the "System Builder Kits" above, but may only be
installed on computers which have the correct BIOS. These are
sometimes included with the machine one purchases, and are always
branded with the OEM's brand.
3) OEM disks like those provided by Dell. Dell is still including
them with each complete system purchased. These allow one to install
the OS on any computer, like the System Builder Kits, but will only be
pre-activated if one installs them on a computer for which they were
produced. Of course, using one of these Disks with a machine not
built by the OEM it was purchased from will result in an invalid
License, since such licenses may not be transferred to machines not
manufactured by the OEM they are purchased from.
ALL OEM Licenses LACK:
1) On-going support from Microsoft, other than during installation and
regular updates.
2) The right to be transferred to another person WITHOUT also
transferring the machine upon which it was first activated to the new
owner.
3) The right to be transferred to another machine owned by the current
licensee.
4) The right (or ability) to do an in-place upgrade of a previous OS.
OEM licenses have only ONE advantage because of their limitations:
They are [usually] much cheaper than Retail kits.
Donald L McDaniel
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