I work on a lot of Dells and I've discovered, to my delight, that you
can frequently use disks from one machine to install an OS or drivers on
another. It's amazing to me that people don't keep track of these disks,
but they are very often mislaid. It must not be the license key that's
included, but some other identifying info. I've heard this is something
in the BIOS, but don't really know.
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows Licensing
From: "Paul%20A.%20Shippert" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, July 16, 2010 7:43 am
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Greetings--
In my experience with Dell, their computers usually are accompanied by a
set of restore disks (or maybe, lately) a restore partition. The COA
and license number are included and automatically entered when doing a
reinstall. Futher, such disks are "paired" with the computer and will
not work on other machines.
Sincerely,
Paul A. Shippert
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg Pfaff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 9:06:34 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows Licensing
I'm curious why is Dell different? I ask because I purchased a
refurbished
Dell laptop a year ago which, except for a bad virus episode, it's run
flawlessly but, it may a reinstall eventually.
Gregg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chartermi.net" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows Licensing
You need the product ID code unless you have a Dell.
Dave
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Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:42 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Windows Licensing
Is anyone else having issues getting legitimate CD keys to work with
Windows
XP reinstalls?
I have 4 computers down right now because Micro$oft thinks they are
pirated!!!
I have called the 800 and attempted to re-register but no luck. Is this
a
Windows7 conspiracy? Am I the only one?
If anyone has a contact where a person can talk to a human at Microsoft
please share!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg Pfaff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 9:06:34 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows Licensing
I'm curious why is Dell different? I ask because I purchased a
refurbished
Dell laptop a year ago which, except for a bad virus episode, it's run
flawlessly but, it may a reinstall eventually.
Gregg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chartermi.net" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows Licensing
You need the product ID code unless you have a Dell.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gary R. Tennesen
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Windows Licensing
Is anyone else having issues getting legitimate CD keys to work with
Windows
XP reinstalls?
I have 4 computers down right now because Micro$oft thinks they are
pirated!!!
I have called the 800 and attempted to re-register but no luck. Is this
a
Windows7 conspiracy? Am I the only one?
If anyone has a contact where a person can talk to a human at Microsoft
please share!
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