On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 02:15:45 -0400, Mike Horvath wrote:

> On 9/11/2015 11:41 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:58:05 -0400, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>
>>> There should be a sticker on the laptop case with your product key.
>>> You should be able to use any Windows installation disk (for your
>>> version of Windows), and then just plug in your product key when
>>> you're done installing.
>>
>> That depends - sometimes the key only works with an OEM version of
>> Windows.  IIRC, there also are keys that only work with volume license
>> versions of Windows.
>>
>> Jim
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> There is no OEM "version" of Windows. There are OEM licenses and retail
> licenses, but the version of Windows remains the same, and installation
> media should not matter.

And yet, it does (or at least, it used to).

I personally ran into problems using retail keys with MS Select VLA 
subscription media, and OEM licenses with boxed media.

It's possible that MS has changed this since I last tried it (it's been a 
while), but this absolutely used to be the case.

Jim

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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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