POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Technical Support : Re: Technical Support Server Time
8 Jul 2024 06:55:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Technical Support  
From: Anthony D  Baye
Date: 16 Sep 2015 18:05:01
Message: <web.55f9e722ba1762402aaea5cb0@news.povray.org>
Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> 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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