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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:
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>>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> 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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On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:40:40 -0400, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 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.
As I said, it's been a while, looks like since Vista, this hasn't been an
issue.
Shows how much I use Windows. :)
Jim
--
"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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>>> 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.
>
> As I said, it's been a while, looks like since Vista, this hasn't been an
> issue.
>
> Shows how much I use Windows. :)
I vaguely remember something similar from back in the Win95/98 days,
stuck at the "enter product code" page and it not accepting my code
because I had a volume key or something.
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On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:54:19 +0100, scott wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>
>> As I said, it's been a while, looks like since Vista, this hasn't been
>> an issue.
>>
>> Shows how much I use Windows. :)
>
> I vaguely remember something similar from back in the Win95/98 days,
> stuck at the "enter product code" page and it not accepting my code
> because I had a volume key or something.
I remember it with XP as well.
Which tracks with what I found S-ing TFW. ;)
Jim
--
"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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On 9/15/2015 2:39 AM, Ger wrote:
> Mike Horvath wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Mike
>
> Over the years that I have owned a computer store I have sold 1000's upon
> 1000's of OEM versions of Windows.
> So, yes, there are OEM versions. Are they different? Not at the core, the
> base is the same, but the added gadgetry varies enormously.
>
My mistake. Sorry.
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Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> On 9/15/2015 2:39 AM, Ger wrote:
> > Mike Horvath wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike
> >
> > Over the years that I have owned a computer store I have sold 1000's upon
> > 1000's of OEM versions of Windows.
> > So, yes, there are OEM versions. Are they different? Not at the core, the
> > base is the same, but the added gadgetry varies enormously.
> >
>
> My mistake. Sorry.
So, supposedly, a person can use an OEM key with any retail disk... You just
can't, for some strange reason, download the ISO's from M$ with your OEM key.
http://lifehacker.com/microsoft-now-lets-you-download-windows-7-isos-with-a-v-1688039211
Regards,
A.D.B.
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