The CD's we get with systems, maybe I've not looked to
see what OEM crap
is chained into the Dell XP CD's I have. I also
assumed Dell send techs
out with a customized Windows install or SysPrep'd
image.
There are also at least 2 kinds of Dell XP OEM CD's,
normal ones that
need keys and VLK ones that need no activation. Was
real surprised when
the disc I pulled out of my box of Dell CD's turned
out to be a VLK
version (though sadly SP1, and not slipstreamable).
Don't know which
machine it came with orginally but Woohoo!
Ben Ruset wrote:
>
>
> j maccraw wrote:
>>
>> As for the Dell guy, all they would do is use the
Dell
>> restore CD to revert it back to shipping state or
they would ship
>> the unit back to Dell if it needed more than could
be swapped on site.
>> Compaq of course would say "ship it back or buy a
new PC".
>
> FYI, Dell restore CD's consist of a generic Windows
OEM disk, and a
> second disk for drivers that you load manually, one
by one. Any
> bloatware either comes on it's own media or gets
lost forever when you
> do a reinstall.
>
>
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