Is it legal to sell the OEM Version of Windows XP Home Edition?

Grüezi NGUs

Few days ago I bought a copy of "Windows XP Home Edition Update". Now I
realized that they gave me a OEM version of Windows XP Home.

Now my question

Is it legal to sell only the unbundled OEM copy, if I explicity asked for
Windows XP Home Update?. The reseller told me that nothing is illegal by
selling unbundled OEM versions of Windows XP.

Does anybody know if this deal was legal.

Best Regards from the sunny Switzerland
Roger Rigert
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