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From: ahall on 3 Aug 2010 17:36 Retail Win 7 discs contain both the 64 and 32 bit versions. Would that be true with Dell Win 7 media too? (I ordered my wife a machine with Win 7 and an XP downgrade installed, it comes with Win 7 media. I want to order my son a machine with 64 bit Win 7, but they do not seem to offer that with the OS disc. As I will leave XP on my wife's machine, I thought perhaps I could give him the Win 7 disc to take to college. Should that work?) Thanks, -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)
From: Bob Levine on 3 Aug 2010 21:11 <ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com> wrote in message news:kpgsk2vcra2.fsf(a)panix3.panix.com... > > Retail Win 7 discs contain both the 64 and 32 bit versions. > Would that be true with Dell Win 7 media too? No. You get the media for the version of the O/S you bought. Bob
From: Daddy on 4 Aug 2010 04:44 On 8/3/2010 5:36 PM, ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com wrote: > > Retail Win 7 discs contain both the 64 and 32 bit versions. > Would that be true with Dell Win 7 media too? > > (I ordered my wife a machine with Win 7 and an XP downgrade > installed, it comes with Win 7 media. I want to order my > son a machine with 64 bit Win 7, but they do not seem to > offer that with the OS disc. As I will leave XP on my wife's > machine, I thought perhaps I could give him the Win 7 disc > to take to college. Should that work?) > > Thanks, > > What Bob said. In any case, OEM discs are only allowed to be used on the computer on which they are initially installed. -- Daddy
From: Bob Villa on 4 Aug 2010 06:15 On Aug 4, 3:44 am, Daddy <da...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 8/3/2010 5:36 PM, ah...(a)no-spam-panix.com wrote: > > > > > Retail Win 7 discs contain both the 64 and 32 bit versions. > > Would that be true with Dell Win 7 media too? > > > (I ordered my wife a machine with Win 7 and an XP downgrade > > installed, it comes with Win 7 media. I want to order my > > son a machine with 64 bit Win 7, but they do not seem to > > offer that with the OS disc. As I will leave XP on my wife's > > machine, I thought perhaps I could give him the Win 7 disc > > to take to college. Should that work?) > > > Thanks, > > What Bob said. > > In any case, OEM discs are only allowed to be used on the computer on > which they are initially installed. > > -- > Daddy As I understand it...you can use an OEM (in this case Dell) disk on a Dell with COA sticker of that particular OS. If the Dell has an XP COA you should not install Win 7 from another Dell.
From: Ben Myers on 4 Aug 2010 08:36
On 8/4/2010 4:44 AM, Daddy wrote: > On 8/3/2010 5:36 PM, ahall(a)no-spam-panix.com wrote: >> >> Retail Win 7 discs contain both the 64 and 32 bit versions. >> Would that be true with Dell Win 7 media too? >> >> (I ordered my wife a machine with Win 7 and an XP downgrade >> installed, it comes with Win 7 media. I want to order my >> son a machine with 64 bit Win 7, but they do not seem to >> offer that with the OS disc. As I will leave XP on my wife's >> machine, I thought perhaps I could give him the Win 7 disc >> to take to college. Should that work?) >> >> Thanks, >> >> > > What Bob said. > > In any case, OEM discs are only allowed to be used on the computer on > which they are initially installed. > According to Microsoft, OEM discs are only allowed to be used on the computer on which they are initially installed. Practically speaking, If I take the OEM disc from one computer and use it to install the Windows on a second computer with a sticker for the same version of Windows: 1. How can Microsoft tell that I've used the OEM disk from another computer? (They can't! They can't even tell if I have used a copy of an OEM disk, or one created from an OEM disk with slipstreamed updates.) 2. I have installed Windows on a system with a legit sticker for the version on the disc, so what license agreement am I violating? (I do not think I am violating any agreement!) We are 100% in agreement that installing any Windows, including Dell OEM, on a system which does not have a sticker for that version of Windows is in violation of Microsoft's rights, (but it does not violate Microsoft's rights to impose blue screens and other software atrocities on the unwitting world). I have several very nice Dell PowerEdge SC420 servers here with no Windows stickers, because they are servers. It is very tempting to install one of the Dell OEM versions of Windows on them, but I won't do so. |