Microsoft Offers WGA Workaround
Talkback I have many OEM copies running, and a few "genuine" boxed copies of XP pro. If Windows was more like $50 or $70 per copy, more people would be glad to purchase a copy. Linux is FREE, and if my familly wasn't all stuck on Windows, you can bet I'd...
[July 11, 2006, 16:32]
Vista Still Doing Better Than Expected
Talkback When I got XP Pro it cost about £180 retail and £110 OEM. Vista Ultimate is about £360 retail and £120 OEM. You're right - considering the growth in the number of PCs it isn't selling as fast as XP but it is still doing better than expected...
[March 27, 2007, 12:12]
Time To Get A Life, Windows Eats All My Free Time
Blog The installed image is based on a volume licensed XP Pro image that essentially replaces a licensed OEM image. I've been spending a lot of what should be my free time lately writing applications and designing a system to automate Windows XP Pro...
[March 30, 2008, 11:40]
Service Pack 3 OR Surprise Package 3?
Blog If Microsoft wants to be responsible and attentive to its shrink-wrap and OEM retail customers, it will do a “make-over” of SP3 and fix the IE7 uninstall/reinstall issue and do it soon. In an effort to avoid some of those issues I downloaded the...
[June 7, 2008, 16:03]
XP SP3 Is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog Hence the need for a volume licensed image that basically replaces the OEM image on the systems we bought from our neighbors in Round Rock. Worker droid status in the Zombie armies of the Internet is the ultimate fate of all of the 500 to 600...
[June 21, 2008, 13:54]
Vista 30 Days After Install
Blog I scoured the web for information on Vista after reading many articles and tips I decided to buy Vista Home Premium 32 Bit edition, I managed to get myself an OEM copy from Microdirect for about £74 including the VAT & Delivery.
[May 24, 2007, 19:50]
NEC Launches Vista Downgrade Product
News The original equipment manufacturer (OEM) first made the product, NEC FlexLoad, available to customers on 25 January. Newbould said that NEC FlexLoad falls entirely within the Vista download policy, and so NEC did not have to negotiate with...
[February 5, 2008, 16:47]
Fighting Microsoft's Licence Check
Talkback An OEM licence is for a new machine only. As an example, a typical installation used by a school (without server licences and cals), if it had to be bought retail breaks down thus: windows xp professional with sp2 (web exclusive price!
[June 27, 2006, 9:55]
You Can Or Used To Able To Get A Naked Pc From Dell
Talkback The reason why I wanted they PC without Windows was the company I worked for had an enterprise agreement with Microsoft so we did not want Windows XP Pro OEM on there. In the past I have ordered pc's with no OS from Dell.
[March 16, 2007, 14:36]
Put It On -- Took It Off After 2 Days
Member Review Installed onto XP Pro OEM which took ages. Seemed quite good at first.but then PC hung (no message just hung). Continued to do this erratically with reports that the PC was generatic malformed SMBs (Server Message Block) every minute or so.
[September 16, 2004, 10:50]
