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Some online vendors offer generic OEM XP installation CD w/product key for
much less than buying an entire computer. Generic OEM XP is generally used
by PC builders/assemblers that don't want it tied to specific PC hardware
and bios version/string prior to installation of XP. The builder/assembler
generally has to install software drivers after the installation of XP for
full effective operation of all hardware. The builder/assembler of the PC
is responsible for support of hardware and software operability.

With major PC makers, they're not generic. The installation is obviously
not pure XP at the desktop observation of junk.

Open control panel, open system, general tab. What does the bottom line of
"registered to" indicate?

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Noncompliant

For corporate legal advice regarding the EULA for XP, check with a lawyer
qualified in corporate law.

"Wayne McHugh" <wmchugh_comcen_com_au> wrote in message
news:B2AF1109-183F-4333-ACCE-DD52FDE21E85@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have read mention of "generic" OEM Windows XP, but in all the
documentation
that comes with an installation even now I can't see anything that
indicates
generic or non-generic. It says it can only be supplied with a new
computer,
but nowhere does it indicate that it is locked to particular equipment,
particularly the motherboard or bios. The buyer remains ignorant unless
they
already possess the knowledge. I don't like the "you aught to have known"
attitude when there really is no way to know unless you are an OEM
builder.

Thanks for your posts.

"GHalleck" wrote:


Wayne McHugh wrote:

"OEM product" is printed on the product sticker. The owner of the
failed
computer only knew they had Windows XP Home, as would any average home
computer user.

I have learned a lot more about the implications of the OEM license
during
this battle to transfer the drive. I own 2 separate OEM licenses (this
one
is for a friend) and on no occasion has the implication of the license
been
explained by the supplier, yet the supplier has accepted the eula
during
pre-installation. I don't like the way this works at all, and given
the
number of posts I've seen from people in the same situation, I know I'm
in
good company.


There is a very fine line in the interpretation of the EULA. If you are
the owner of the OEM copy of Windows XP and it is not a branded or a
bios-
locked version, then you are, in part, the "builder" when the computer
installer assembles the system of your design for you. If a particular
component of the computer needs to be replaced due to failure and if you
alone or with the installer did the replacement with a suitable one
(i.e.,
"generic", or unbranded) , then you still remain, in effect, the system-
builder. All comes down to what was done and how.



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