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jane
What is basic difference between OEM and retail XP?
Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
Thanks..
Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
Thanks..
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EGMcCann
OEM's not always "pre installed," as you can buy it with hardware. However,
the biggest "difference" is that MS will not provide support for an OEM
version - the OEM must. That means, if you bought it, you call Gateway,
Sony, etc. If you built it... you provide your own support.
the biggest "difference" is that MS will not provide support for an OEM
version - the OEM must. That means, if you bought it, you call Gateway,
Sony, etc. If you built it... you provide your own support.
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Jim Macklin
OEM may be pre-installed by a OEM manufacturer. Or a home
builder can buy a Microsoft OEM CD that is identical with a
retail CD except for the EULA and the missing files needed
to do an up-date install.
OEM may mean an OS modified by HP/Compaq or some other BIG
OEM, or it may mean a
OS CD that just has a slightly different EULA and does not
have free telephone or ob-line support from MS. The OEM-OEM
is supported by the OEM.
| What is basic difference between OEM and retail XP?
|
| Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
|
| Thanks..
builder can buy a Microsoft OEM CD that is identical with a
retail CD except for the EULA and the missing files needed
to do an up-date install.
OEM may mean an OS modified by HP/Compaq or some other BIG
OEM, or it may mean a
OS CD that just has a slightly different EULA and does not
have free telephone or ob-line support from MS. The OEM-OEM
is supported by the OEM.
| What is basic difference between OEM and retail XP?
|
| Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
|
| Thanks..
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Sparker9
....And then there's that little thing about the OEM version having only one mate in its life. It seems that once an OEM version is mated to a system and activated...it cannot be transferred to another system, even if the system is hit by lightning....the OS is toast also.
....But if you get a retail version...it could be transferred to a new replacement system. The license for a retail version of Windows XP is in perpetuity. You get to use Windows XP forever, if you so choose.
....But if you get a retail version...it could be transferred to a new replacement system. The license for a retail version of Windows XP is in perpetuity. You get to use Windows XP forever, if you so choose.
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jane
What is involved when you refer to OEM support?
Is this the hardware or software support?
I am getting software updates from microsoft weekly.
Latest this past Friday.
When I read about update numbers in newsgroups I check my
list and some updates are not in my list. How do I get
the missing updates or do I nead them? I will try to
record missing updates in future.
Is this the hardware or software support?
I am getting software updates from microsoft weekly.
Latest this past Friday.
When I read about update numbers in newsgroups I check my
list and some updates are not in my list. How do I get
the missing updates or do I nead them? I will try to
record missing updates in future.
K
Ken Blake
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Although some OEM versions are pre-installed, not all are. You
can buy a generic OEM along with any piece of hardware and
install it yourself.
The OEM version has the following disadvantages:
1. Its license ties it permanently to the first computer it's
installed on. It can never legally be moved to another computer,
sold, or given away.
2. It can only do a clean installation, not an upgrade.
3. Microsoft provides no support for OEM versions. You have to
get any needed support from your OEM, and that may range anywhere
between good and non-existent.
What is basic difference between OEM and retail XP?
Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
Although some OEM versions are pre-installed, not all are. You
can buy a generic OEM along with any piece of hardware and
install it yourself.
The OEM version has the following disadvantages:
1. Its license ties it permanently to the first computer it's
installed on. It can never legally be moved to another computer,
sold, or given away.
2. It can only do a clean installation, not an upgrade.
3. Microsoft provides no support for OEM versions. You have to
get any needed support from your OEM, and that may range anywhere
between good and non-existent.
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Jim Macklin
Windows Updates are available to all licensed users of
Windows. The term "support" means that you can email or
telephone and get answers from a customer service tech
without paying $35 per call.
When you buy a computer made by Dell or
Hewlett-Packard/Compaq, those companies license the use of
Windows and agree to support both their hardware and the
Windows software issues and conflicts. They have the
professional staff and often make special modifications to
the basic Windows as sold by Microsoft.
also sells operating system and other software intended for
the small shop and the home-builder/hobbyist. This is
labeled OEM but it also says Microsoft. But who ever builds
the computer also agrees to provide their own experts or pay
MS for support.
| What is involved when you refer to OEM support?
| Is this the hardware or software support?
|
| I am getting software updates from microsoft weekly.
| Latest this past Friday.
|
| When I read about update numbers in newsgroups I check my
| list and some updates are not in my list. How do I get
| the missing updates or do I nead them? I will try to
| record missing updates in future.
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >What is basic difference between OEM and retail XP?
| >
| >Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
| >
| >Thanks..
| >.
| >
Windows. The term "support" means that you can email or
telephone and get answers from a customer service tech
without paying $35 per call.
When you buy a computer made by Dell or
Hewlett-Packard/Compaq, those companies license the use of
Windows and agree to support both their hardware and the
Windows software issues and conflicts. They have the
professional staff and often make special modifications to
the basic Windows as sold by Microsoft.
also sells operating system and other software intended for
the small shop and the home-builder/hobbyist. This is
labeled OEM but it also says Microsoft. But who ever builds
the computer also agrees to provide their own experts or pay
MS for support.
| What is involved when you refer to OEM support?
| Is this the hardware or software support?
|
| I am getting software updates from microsoft weekly.
| Latest this past Friday.
|
| When I read about update numbers in newsgroups I check my
| list and some updates are not in my list. How do I get
| the missing updates or do I nead them? I will try to
| record missing updates in future.
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >What is basic difference between OEM and retail XP?
| >
| >Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
| >
| >Thanks..
| >.
| >
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Michael Stevens
jane said:What is basic difference between OEM and retail XP?
Besides OEM is pre-installed in computer?
Thanks..
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
FYI, there are some very important reasons that an OEM license
costs so much less than a retail license. OEM licenses are very
limited:
1) OEM versions must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally
a motherboard or hard drive, if not an entire PC, although Microsoft
has greatly relaxed the hardware criteria for WinXP) and are
_permanently_ bound to the first PC on which they are installed. An
OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another
computer under any circumstances. The only legitimate way to transfer
the ownership of an OEM license is to transfer ownership of the entire
PC. This is the best reason to avoid OEM versions; if the PC dies or
is otherwise disposed of (even stolen), you cannot re-use your OEM
license on a new PC.
2) Microsoft provides no support for OEM versions. If you have
any problems that require outside assistance, your only recourse is to
contact the manufacturer/builder of the PC or the vendor of the OEM
license. This would include such issues as lost a Product Key or
replacing damaged installation media. (Microsoft does make allowances
for those instances when you can prove that the OEM has gone out of
business.) This doesn't mean that you can't download patches and
service packs from Microsoft -- just no free telephone or email
support for problems with the OS.
3) An OEM CD cannot be used to perform an upgrade of an earlier
OS, as it was designed to be installed _only_ upon an empty hard
drive. It can still be used to perform a repair installation (a.k.a.
an in-place upgrade) of an existing WinXP installation.
4) If the OEM CD was designed by a specific manufacturer, such as
eMachines, Sony, Dell, Gateway, etc., it will most likely only install
on the same brand of PC, as an additional anti-piracy feature.
Further, such CDs are severely customized to contain only the minimum
of device drivers, and a lot of extra nonsense, that the manufacturer
feels necessary for the specific model of PC for which the CD was
designed. (To be honest, such CDs should not be available on the open
market; but, if you're shopping someplace like eBay, swap meets, or
computer fairs, there's often no telling what you're buying until it's
too late.) The "generic" OEM CDs, such as are manufactured by
Microsoft and sold to small systems builders, don't have this
particular problem, though, and are pretty much the same as their
retail counterparts, apart from the licensing, support, and upgrading
restrictions.
Bruce Chambers
--
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FYI, there are some very important reasons that an OEM license
costs so much less than a retail license. OEM licenses are very
limited:
1) OEM versions must be sold with a piece of hardware (normally
a motherboard or hard drive, if not an entire PC, although Microsoft
has greatly relaxed the hardware criteria for WinXP) and are
_permanently_ bound to the first PC on which they are installed. An
OEM license, once installed, is not legally transferable to another
computer under any circumstances. The only legitimate way to transfer
the ownership of an OEM license is to transfer ownership of the entire
PC. This is the best reason to avoid OEM versions; if the PC dies or
is otherwise disposed of (even stolen), you cannot re-use your OEM
license on a new PC.
2) Microsoft provides no support for OEM versions. If you have
any problems that require outside assistance, your only recourse is to
contact the manufacturer/builder of the PC or the vendor of the OEM
license. This would include such issues as lost a Product Key or
replacing damaged installation media. (Microsoft does make allowances
for those instances when you can prove that the OEM has gone out of
business.) This doesn't mean that you can't download patches and
service packs from Microsoft -- just no free telephone or email
support for problems with the OS.
3) An OEM CD cannot be used to perform an upgrade of an earlier
OS, as it was designed to be installed _only_ upon an empty hard
drive. It can still be used to perform a repair installation (a.k.a.
an in-place upgrade) of an existing WinXP installation.
4) If the OEM CD was designed by a specific manufacturer, such as
eMachines, Sony, Dell, Gateway, etc., it will most likely only install
on the same brand of PC, as an additional anti-piracy feature.
Further, such CDs are severely customized to contain only the minimum
of device drivers, and a lot of extra nonsense, that the manufacturer
feels necessary for the specific model of PC for which the CD was
designed. (To be honest, such CDs should not be available on the open
market; but, if you're shopping someplace like eBay, swap meets, or
computer fairs, there's often no telling what you're buying until it's
too late.) The "generic" OEM CDs, such as are manufactured by
Microsoft and sold to small systems builders, don't have this
particular problem, though, and are pretty much the same as their
retail counterparts, apart from the licensing, support, and upgrading
restrictions.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
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