Re: Legal Installation of XP versus "Hard Disk Loading

Any OEM system builder can, but it's not worth the hassle. You have to buy
your licenses in bulk lots, and you have to have your motherboards
"tattooed" to use BIOS locking.

PS:As a small OEM the greatest value I can offer my customers is fully
customized systems. The catch 22 with that is the fact I am specifically
forbidden by my licensing agreement from creating recovery disks (even if
the customer requests it) unless I have a SLP agreement. All systems must be
sold with original OEM or Retail box media--including used systems that are
traded in.


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"ThinkPad Fan" <chrosmack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1145824606.579864.132680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for all the explanations. Can anyone get licensed by MS to
create recovery partitions on disks or do you have to be an
organization like IBM/Lenovo. If the answer is yes, is there a link you
could refer me to?



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