OEM XP cds

[Guest]

I bought my first computer with an OEM XP Home Edition CD. Thinking
it was a retail version I bought it activated it and registered. The auction
did not say it was an OEM or a retail version, XP professional 64 Bit
Edition. I think I was of the mind, it doesn't matter if it is OEM or the
retail version, that I would still use it.
I had the idea XP 64 Bit Edition was going to be better because I read
it would handle power more efficiently and I realised it was a Professional
XP edition which I knew had more features than XP Home Edition.
I have used both installations both as single installations and in a dual
boot setup.
Now I am using XP Home Edition and I have diiscovered software that can
take the place of the Professional Edition.
What can I do with it. It must be of use to a nice person who can use it as
it was intended.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Legally once an OEM version is installed on a system it is forever tied to
that system. So your option is to chalk this up to experience or if you want
to sell the OEM disc you will need to sell it with the system you installed
it on.

 

[umwhat]

Thankyou, I felt disappointed I bought an OEM version. I have reinstalled

the original XP Home Edition operating system and I feel more at home
with it than chasing after 64 bit drivers because I am at home most of the
time using the computer.
I have games and most of them play ok in the 64 bit system. I think I
liked the price the most and thought, well, I can get a backup software
into the bargain. Now I've discoverd Seagates Disk Wizard which recovered
the computer from a devastating "NTLDR is not found" message on a black
screen. Anyhow, the Disk Wizard software reformatted the harddrives for 9
hours, no less, and the computer is racing along like never before.
So, I will not be selling this computer, which means I have a spare 64 Bit
XP Professional CD lying around doing nothing.
I don't suppose it would let me steal the backup software or any other
addons from it would it? I don't actually know if I could use anthing from
it. You know some little thing I might find useful....

Legally once an OEM version is installed on a system it is forever tied to
that system. So your option is to chalk this up to experience or if you
want to sell the OEM disc you will need to sell it with the system you
installed it on.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I bought my first computer with an OEM XP Home Edition CD.
Thinking
it was a retail version I bought it activated it and registered. The
auction
did not say it was an OEM or a retail version, XP professional 64 Bit
Edition. I think I was of the mind, it doesn't matter if it is OEM or the
retail version, that I would still use it.
I had the idea XP 64 Bit Edition was going to be better because I read
it would handle power more efficiently and I realised it was a
Professional
XP edition which I knew had more features than XP Home Edition.
I have used both installations both as single installations and in a dual
boot setup.
Now I am using XP Home Edition and I have diiscovered software that can
take the place of the Professional Edition.
What can I do with it. It must be of use to a nice person who can use it
as
it was intended.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

I am not familiar with Seagate's Disk Wizard. However if this was included
as third party (non Microsoft) software included on the Windows XP 64-bit
OEM disc you bought then it should have it's own License Agreement which
you can read through and see if you can use it separately from the operating
system. The same is true for any other apps on the disc.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Thankyou, I felt disappointed I bought an OEM version. I have
reinstalled the original XP Home Edition operating system and I feel
more at home with it than chasing after 64 bit drivers because I am at
home most of the time using the computer.
I have games and most of them play ok in the 64 bit system. I think
I liked the price the most and thought, well, I can get a backup software
into the bargain. Now I've discoverd Seagates Disk Wizard which recovered
the computer from a devastating "NTLDR is not found" message on a black
screen. Anyhow, the Disk Wizard software reformatted the harddrives for 9
hours, no less, and the computer is racing along like never before.
So, I will not be selling this computer, which means I have a spare 64
Bit XP Professional CD lying around doing nothing.
I don't suppose it would let me steal the backup software or any other
addons from it would it? I don't actually know if I could use anthing
from it. You know some little thing I might find useful....

Legally once an OEM version is installed on a system it is forever tied
to that system. So your option is to chalk this up to experience or if
you want to sell the OEM disc you will need to sell it with the system
you installed it on.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I bought my first computer with an OEM XP Home Edition CD.
Thinking
it was a retail version I bought it activated it and registered. The
auction
did not say it was an OEM or a retail version, XP professional 64 Bit
Edition. I think I was of the mind, it doesn't matter if it is OEM or
the
retail version, that I would still use it.
I had the idea XP 64 Bit Edition was going to be better because I
read
it would handle power more efficiently and I realised it was a
Professional
XP edition which I knew had more features than XP Home Edition.
I have used both installations both as single installations and in a
dual
boot setup.
Now I am using XP Home Edition and I have diiscovered software that can
take the place of the Professional Edition.
What can I do with it. It must be of use to a nice person who can use it
as
it was intended.

 

[umwhat]

Thankyou Harry

I am not familiar with Seagate's Disk Wizard. However if this was included
as third party (non Microsoft) software included on the Windows XP 64-bit
OEM disc you bought then it should have it's own License Agreement which
you can read through and see if you can use it separately from the
operating system. The same is true for any other apps on the disc.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Thankyou, I felt disappointed I bought an OEM version. I have
reinstalled the original XP Home Edition operating system and I feel
more at home with it than chasing after 64 bit drivers because I am at
home most of the time using the computer.
I have games and most of them play ok in the 64 bit system. I think
I liked the price the most and thought, well, I can get a backup
software into the bargain. Now I've discoverd Seagates Disk Wizard which
recovered the computer from a devastating "NTLDR is not found" message
on a black screen. Anyhow, the Disk Wizard software reformatted the
harddrives for 9 hours, no less, and the computer is racing along like
never before.
So, I will not be selling this computer, which means I have a spare 64
Bit XP Professional CD lying around doing nothing.
I don't suppose it would let me steal the backup software or any other
addons from it would it? I don't actually know if I could use anthing
from it. You know some little thing I might find useful....

Legally once an OEM version is installed on a system it is forever tied
to that system. So your option is to chalk this up to experience or if
you want to sell the OEM disc you will need to sell it with the system
you installed it on.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I bought my first computer with an OEM XP Home Edition CD.
Thinking
it was a retail version I bought it activated it and registered. The
auction
did not say it was an OEM or a retail version, XP professional 64 Bit
Edition. I think I was of the mind, it doesn't matter if it is OEM or
the
retail version, that I would still use it.
I had the idea XP 64 Bit Edition was going to be better because I
read
it would handle power more efficiently and I realised it was a
Professional
XP edition which I knew had more features than XP Home Edition.
I have used both installations both as single installations and in a
dual
boot setup.
Now I am using XP Home Edition and I have diiscovered software that can
take the place of the Professional Edition.
What can I do with it. It must be of use to a nice person who can use
it as
it was intended.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

You're welcome. Hopefully you can use the software.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Thankyou Harry

I am not familiar with Seagate's Disk Wizard. However if this was
included as third party (non Microsoft) software included on the Windows
XP 64-bit OEM disc you bought then it should have it's own License
Agreement which you can read through and see if you can use it separately
from the operating system. The same is true for any other apps on the
disc.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Thankyou, I felt disappointed I bought an OEM version. I have
reinstalled the original XP Home Edition operating system and I feel
more at home with it than chasing after 64 bit drivers because I am at
home most of the time using the computer.
I have games and most of them play ok in the 64 bit system. I
think I liked the price the most and thought, well, I can get a backup
software into the bargain. Now I've discoverd Seagates Disk Wizard
which recovered the computer from a devastating "NTLDR is not found"
message on a black screen. Anyhow, the Disk Wizard software reformatted
the harddrives for 9 hours, no less, and the computer is racing along
like never before.
So, I will not be selling this computer, which means I have a spare 64
Bit XP Professional CD lying around doing nothing.
I don't suppose it would let me steal the backup software or any other
addons from it would it? I don't actually know if I could use anthing
from it. You know some little thing I might find useful....















Legally once an OEM version is installed on a system it is forever tied
to that system. So your option is to chalk this up to experience or if
you want to sell the OEM disc you will need to sell it with the system
you installed it on.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I bought my first computer with an OEM XP Home Edition CD.
Thinking
it was a retail version I bought it activated it and registered. The
auction
did not say it was an OEM or a retail version, XP professional 64 Bit
Edition. I think I was of the mind, it doesn't matter if it is OEM or
the
retail version, that I would still use it.
I had the idea XP 64 Bit Edition was going to be better because I
read
it would handle power more efficiently and I realised it was a
Professional
XP edition which I knew had more features than XP Home Edition.
I have used both installations both as single installations and in a
dual
boot setup.
Now I am using XP Home Edition and I have diiscovered software that
can
take the place of the Professional Edition.
What can I do with it. It must be of use to a nice person who can use
it as
it was intended.

 

[umwhat]

I have read about the Microsoft update to file wuapi.dll versions .381
(I think I got the name correct) from files that were causing problems.
Well I suppose thats why there were updated, and reading reminded me of
Eulas, so now I'm wondering, am I allowed to copy anything from the XP
Professional 64 Bit Edition cd?
I did have 2 OEM copys of XP, namely Windows XP Home Edition SP2 OEM and
XP 64 Bit Professional SP2 OEM installed and activated on the one computer
in a Dual Boot setup. Would having the 2 OEM operating systems create any
problems for the computer? Was that legal?
The computer did crash but not for 6 months and there were technical
oversights by myself that could have been responsible for the computer
crash.
Most notable about the problems before the crash were the Error Reports
and IE7 and Windows Explorer not functioning properly and computer freezes
all in one week all which seemed to be symptoms of the outdated Adobe Flash
Player files in the computer.
Now I see I have the wuapi.dll .381 version files reportedly updated
recently which may have caused a problem in their previous versions.
I can only guess why the computer had the problems. I had installed a PCI
Sata raid card and had the 2 operating systems functioning ok for the 6
months in a Raid 1 setup.
One of the little oversights was a molex cable loose in the end of a molex
connector which let a front case LED not functioning. The other oversight
was thinking I could get a little more from the computer seeing the bios had
chosen the High setting for the graphics card......I followed suite and
raised every little high in the bios to high. I think the result of that was
sparks coming out of the PCI slot the Sata Raid card was in to the timely
clacking of one of the hard drives...can you imagine my thoughts when I
looked in the side of the computer case to see the sparks flashing with each
clack of the hard drive?...just not funny I'm telling you...I don't think I
have moved any quicker with my computer since I have owned it for 4 years.

...oh dear come the words from above...

I replaced the hard drive and now am running XP Home Edition SP2 with 2
single sata hard drives...no high settings in the bios but for what the bios
and Windows has chosen.



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You're welcome. Hopefully you can use the software.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Thankyou Harry

I am not familiar with Seagate's Disk Wizard. However if this was
included as third party (non Microsoft) software included on the Windows
XP 64-bit OEM disc you bought then it should have it's own License
Agreement which you can read through and see if you can use it
separately from the operating system. The same is true for any other
apps on the disc.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Thankyou, I felt disappointed I bought an OEM version. I have
reinstalled the original XP Home Edition operating system and I feel
more at home with it than chasing after 64 bit drivers because I am at
home most of the time using the computer.
I have games and most of them play ok in the 64 bit system. I
think I liked the price the most and thought, well, I can get a backup
software into the bargain. Now I've discoverd Seagates Disk Wizard
which recovered the computer from a devastating "NTLDR is not found"
message on a black screen. Anyhow, the Disk Wizard software
reformatted the harddrives for 9 hours, no less, and the computer is
racing along like never before.
So, I will not be selling this computer, which means I have a spare 64
Bit XP Professional CD lying around doing nothing.
I don't suppose it would let me steal the backup software or any other
addons from it would it? I don't actually know if I could use anthing
from it. You know some little thing I might find useful....















Legally once an OEM version is installed on a system it is forever
tied to that system. So your option is to chalk this up to experience
or if you want to sell the OEM disc you will need to sell it with the
system you installed it on.

--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


I bought my first computer with an OEM XP Home Edition CD.
Thinking
it was a retail version I bought it activated it and registered. The
auction
did not say it was an OEM or a retail version, XP professional 64 Bit
Edition. I think I was of the mind, it doesn't matter if it is OEM or
the
retail version, that I would still use it.
I had the idea XP 64 Bit Edition was going to be better because I
read
it would handle power more efficiently and I realised it was a
Professional
XP edition which I knew had more features than XP Home Edition.
I have used both installations both as single installations and in a
dual
boot setup.
Now I am using XP Home Edition and I have diiscovered software that
can
take the place of the Professional Edition.
What can I do with it. It must be of use to a nice person who can use
it as
it was intended.