Windows XP HOME COA Verses Product Key with CD

[Guest]

What is the big difference between buying a operating system with a COA
sticker or a product key and a Hologram CD. You wonder why people are so
confused on licenses and on top of it they are sold in different ways ?

I am probably going to get a whole bunch of different answers to top it off
and make it more confusing.

Well I am leaning toward the COA sticker since that is common.

I want to do upgrades and am not sure what the product key rules are
compared to the COA ?


Thank You for the comments....

 

[Ghostrider]

What is the big difference between buying a operating system with a COA
sticker or a product key and a Hologram CD. You wonder why people are so
confused on licenses and on top of it they are sold in different ways ?

I am probably going to get a whole bunch of different answers to top it off
and make it more confusing.

Well I am leaning toward the COA sticker since that is common.

I want to do upgrades and am not sure what the product key rules are
compared to the COA ?


Thank You for the comments....

AFAIK, the COA sticker is provided with the OEM product, either
with or without a product distribution cdrom with hologram. The
product key, which is an orange-colored label, is typically sold
with the retail product, always with the "official" media.

All the rules related to the license are bound by the EULA that
is provided with the product. This is the binding document and
carries far more significance than whether one gets a product
with a COA or a product key.

 

[Guest]

Well here is 2 websites that sell the Microsoft XP PRO with the product key.
Except one sells it with the Oem CD and the other with the hologram CD.
http://anysoftwares.com/default.aspx?Page=34&104=2480

http://www.greatsoftwaredeals.com/products/microsoft-windows-xp-pro.php
How does retail sell it - a hologram CD and product key ?
As far as EULA goes it seems everybody has a different epinion. Their must
be at least 4-5 different ways this software is sold. How are you going to
know the difference on all these unless you go out and buy all the variable
ways they sell them.

 

[Ghostrider]

Well here is 2 websites that sell the Microsoft XP PRO with the product key.
Except one sells it with the Oem CD and the other with the hologram CD.
http://anysoftwares.com/default.aspx?Page=34&104=2480

http://www.greatsoftwaredeals.com/products/microsoft-windows-xp-pro.php
How does retail sell it - a hologram CD and product key ?
As far as EULA goes it seems everybody has a different epinion. Their must
be at least 4-5 different ways this software is sold. How are you going to
know the difference on all these unless you go out and buy all the variable
ways they sell them.

Steve, you have been flogging this horse over 2 days by now. And
if you want to buy Windows XP Pro at $44 or even $89, then by all
means do so. Any doubts over whether or not you should buy Windows
at these prices have been shared with you. Whatever you want to do,
the decision is your's.

Quite frankly, these prices are far below even normal discounting.
In contrast, buycheapsoftware currently retails an Windows XP-SP2
OEM at $199 and Windows XP-SP2 retail at $219, and I can personally
vouch for both items. They come in their original, sealed boxes and
are as described by Microsoft. No surprises.

By all means, follow your instincts. If it turns out wrong, then
too bad. If it turns out OK, all the more power to you.

 

[Ghostrider]

Ghostrider wrote:

Quite frankly, these prices are far below even normal discounting.
In contrast, buycheapsoftware currently retails an Windows XP-SP2
OEM at $199 and Windows XP-SP2 retail at $219, and I can personally
vouch for both items. They come in their original, sealed boxes and
are as described by Microsoft. No surprises.

Minor correction:

The retail box Windows XP-SP2 comes in its original blue box
while the OEM version arrives in its cell pack. Also, the COA
for the retail box consists of the SKU number and not the 25-
alphanumeric product key of XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX that
is found on the orange label.

The COA for the OEM package is just a 25-alphanumeric product
key on a green-blue-gray peel-off label that is supposed to be
attached to the computer after installation.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

What is the big difference between buying a operating system with a COA
sticker or a product key and a Hologram CD.

The CoA, by itself, is *NOT* a legitimate license. How many times do
you need to be told this?

You wonder why people are so
confused on licenses and on top of it they are sold in different ways ?

Well, some people certainly have trouble with plain English, but most
don't.

I am probably going to get a whole bunch of different answers to top it off
and make it more confusing.

Well I am leaning toward the COA sticker since that is common.

Well, if you prefer not to have a legitimate license, you'll certainly
find a lot of fraudsters selling CoAs.

I want to do upgrades and am not sure what the product key rules are
compared to the COA ?

If you want to be able to perform upgrades, you'll need to purchase
retail licenses; OEM CDs are specifically designed to perform only clean
installations.


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[Guest]

I meant COA with the CD.
sorry anyway went out and bought 2 operating systems that were retail
Thank you.