win 7 pro OEM question |
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win 7 pro OEM question |
 Nov 3 2009, 10:27 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 6-August 09 Member No.: 68,290  |
I saw this Windows 7 Professional OEM for 139.99 dollars at Microcenter.com and I'm thinking about ordering one. I'm not really sure what's OEM is... I know its come with 1 dvd. I heard it can fresh install 1 time?
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Nov 3 2009, 10:46 AM
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OEM is a one time install.
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Nov 3 2009, 11:08 AM
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Member  Posts: 234 Joined: 27-April 09 From: Finland Member No.: 67,165 |
QUOTE (werty316 @ Nov 3 2009, 08:46 PM)  OEM is a one time install. No it's not. The difference between an OEM and retail, are primarily these: -retail comes in a fancy box, while the OEM only is sort of a small magazine (http://softline.com.au/images/XPPro-OEM.jpg) -Retail has 2 discs: one for 64-bit and one for 32-bit. Retail has only one of these. -You get less support for OEM, and once you've opened the box you can't return it. - OEM can be installed on one motherboard. Once you've activated windwos, there's no going back. you have to use that exact motherboard or it will not work. However , I've installed my windows xp OEM on four different computers, and they all work fine. *confused* EDIT: You can reinstall OEM as many times as you want. This post has been edited by Jump4h: Nov 3 2009, 11:08 AM -------------------- QUOTE (Silverfox @ Oct 25 2009, 01:56 AM) "There are no stupid questions. Just stupid people." (If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? -Scott Adams.) |
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Nov 3 2009, 11:12 AM
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I've bought system builder version of operating systems, and have installed / reinstalled. It is tied to the motherboard. It'll make you reactivate if you change your hardware too much, but I've never had trouble reactivating online. I haven't used retail, so I can't comment in that aspect.
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Nov 3 2009, 02:37 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 6-August 09 Member No.: 68,290 |
aight.. thanks.. I think I'll order OEM
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Nov 3 2009, 03:38 PM
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If you're a Canadian student you should take advantage of this offer
 and then you'll probably need to head over to this thread 
This post has been edited by viperk1: Nov 3 2009, 03:39 PM -------------------- 67% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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Nov 4 2009, 07:06 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 6-July 09 Member No.: 67,950 |
Just wanted to ask a question to those who have already installed Win7 from an OEM disk. The licensing states that you must use the MS OPK (OEM Preinstallation Kit) to install the OS. Has anyone actually used the OPK? I would gather that it isn't required (outside of the licensing wording) in terms of loading Win7 from the disk or I would have read about people having yet another MS hoop to jump through. I just ordered the OEM version (Home Premium 64 bit, system builder) and was just curious as to whether I need to mess around with the OPK software just to get it installed?
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Nov 5 2009, 12:33 AM
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 Will work for fud. Posts: 659 Joined: 25-March 08 From: rockford, IL Member No.: 31,740 |
i didnt use the pre-installation kit. no problems here.
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