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From: pumpshot on 5 Feb 2010 01:11 OK, this is good stuff in here. Sorry to reply so late. I don't always have time in the week to look at this stuff. I did a little google with settup.ini and AHCI driver. I will have to take some time to digest this. One last question. I have XP Pro SP1. If I don't have the original SP1 install disk will any SP disk work or dose it have to be the matching installation disk. -- Thanks Mike "Shenan Stanley" wrote: > pumpshot wrote: > > OK I guess I'm a little confused. I have read allot of good and bad > > information on the internet about restrictions with an OEM license. > > Maybe a little clarity would be good, or maybe I should ask the > > question in reverse. Is there any circumstance that it would not > > work? > > Here's the thing - the limitation is a paper one - not a technical one. > While it is plausible there are OEM installation CDs for WIndows XP out > there that are "BIOS Locked" - in most cases if you have a generic OEM > Windows XP CD and a proper Windows XP OEM product key - there is no > technical hurdle to you installing that on any machine you see fit. > > People seem to shroud that all in mystery or come up with a lot of > mumbo-jumbo about things - but that is the basic reality. From an agreement > standpoint, OEM licenses are different. Otherwise, not much of a > difference. In fact - with Windows XP anyway - a retail installation CD can > be modified to accept OEM product keys and vice versa fairly easily (look > into setupp.ini <- not a typo.) > > So I wouldn't over-analyze this. It's already been over-analyzed to a point > that things are obscured and people get confused. > > If you have an OEM computer that came with Windows XP installed (*you did > not build this computer, you are not the OEM in question) and something > happens to that computer and the manufacturer cannot/will not repair > it/replace the problem parts - the OEM licensed Windows XP dies with the > computer from an agreement standpoint. Things get a little fuzzier when you > *are* the OEM and *you* built the computer and purchased an OEM licensed > Windows XP to install and something goes wrong. Being the OEM in question, > you can choose what parts are acceptable replacements. The question of what > constitutes a 'computer' have been going on since Windows XP licensing was > introduced and the subject was first breached. Some say the motherboard, > some the processor, others some combination of parts. > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > . >
From: Shenan Stanley on 5 Feb 2010 07:48
pumpshot wrote: > OK, this is good stuff in here. Sorry to reply so late. I don't > always have time in the week to look at this stuff. I did a little > google with settup.ini and AHCI driver. I will have to take some > time to digest this. One last question. I have XP Pro SP1. If I > don't have the original SP1 install disk will any SP disk work or > dose it have to be the matching installation disk. "setupp.ini", two p's, not t's. If you are going to integrate the service pack/updates - any level of Windows XP CD will work. RTM, SP1, SP1a, SP2, SP3. You can integrate straight to SP3 if you like. It's best that if you are going to do a repair installation (considering this is about changing your motherboard, I assume the repair/in-place upgrade is your goal) your CD match whatever you have installed in terms of service pack level. If you have Windows XP Professional x86 OEM with SP3 installed, that should be the editiion, version/SP level and type of license CD you attempt to use. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |