RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Mike Gill
Any OEM media will work, even generic OEM media from Newegg. -- Mike From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys Ok, good enough. I'll just wait for the cd&#

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread John Aldrich
ke you did and copied down the serial # and called HP. They sent me the restore disks free of charge. From: Tammy Stewart [mailto:copper...@personainternet.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys I had a machin

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
may* work with your Dell OEM key. From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys Ok, with that being said, is there a way to download retail media from MS if I already have a

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Tammy Stewart
From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys Ok, with that being said, is there a way to download retail media from MS if I already have a key? From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house..

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Carl Houseman
to:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys Ok, with that being said, is there a way to download retail media from MS if I already have a key? From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com]

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
Dell is going to take about 2-3 business days to get the CD which is what I ended up doing. -Original Message- From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 10:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: question about OEM Windows License Keys Why not call DELL

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Jimmy Tran
Ok, with that being said, is there a way to download retail media from MS if I already have a key? From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys OEM media requires OEM

Re: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Candee
Why not call DELL and get the reinstall disk? License numbers are version specific On 7/8/11, Jimmy Tran wrote: > So I have a Dell XPS laptop that needs the Vista reinstalled. The > original OS version is Vista Home Premium. Since I don't have the OEM > install disc from Dell, I decided to down

RE: question about OEM Windows License Keys

2011-07-08 Thread Carl Houseman
OEM media requires OEM key. Retail media requires Retail key. Etc. And I wouldn't trust any downloaded media unless it came directly from MS. Carl From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: question about OEM W