Ahh, I get what you're asking.
I guess the "brand" of PC would be "Generic" or something. Maybe they
have a radio button or something for that. As for penalizing, I don't
know why they would do that. They know that there are whitebox OEMs as
well as retail copies sold.
dsinc wrote:
Ben,
Not really. I do understand that M$ can/may get the bios string and
maybe the MB info. Yes, I suppose my home-built machines are "white
box" units. As such, I was really wondering a)how to answer the pc
related questions, and, b)concerned that I might be penalized do to
white box status.
Thanks.
At 14:13 07/26/2005 -0400, you wrote:
Microsoft gets the branding information from information embedded in
the BIOS as well as branding by the OEM into the OS.
When you put a whitebox system up on Windows Update, presumably all
they will see would be Award/Phoenix/etc. BIOS and perhaps (I sort of
doubt it) the motherboard manufacturer.
Is that what you were asking?
dsinc wrote:
Ben,
What is your opinion of how to answer the PC related questions for
those of us who have built our own PC's from various OEM parts? I
suppose I could say I have "Lian-Li/AMD" pc's. Seems like they are
trying to link "branded" pc's to past oem OS sales. Confusing to say
the least.
Thanks.
At 09:16 07/26/2005 -0400, you wrote:
snip
This is what they ask for when you register:
* Home, small business or enterprise user
* Brand of PC
* City where PC was purchased
* Country/Region where PC was purchased
* Place of PC purchase
I don't see what the big deal is.
Information found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en
Thane Sherrington wrote:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050726.wxmicrosoft0726/BNStory/International/
Looks like Bill will be checking out more than just your CD Keys
when you try to download from Microsoft in the near future.
Best,
Duncan
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