OT: Just Got The HP Compaq Mini 110c-1100CA From Rogers

Jon VanAlten vanaltj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Thu Dec 10 21:17:16 UTC 2009


>
> OEM disks are only ever useable on the first machine they were used on.
> SO if you ever installed and activated it, then that's it.  No other
> machine can use it.
>

This depends.  There are OEM disks that come from a manufacturer and
are usually a preinstalled OS image including annoyance software and
manufacturer customization; these and the license key associated with
the machine are unlikely to be ever transferred to a new machine.  On
the other hand there are the OEM disks that are generally available
retail.  Their intent is to be associated with the first computer they
are ever used on; there is a some sort of hash of model/serial numbers
of various bits of hardware in that machine that get sent to Microsoft
with your activation.  However, calling Microsoft customer support and
explaining that you have "upgraded" that machine's parts (thus
changing the hardware hash), they are usually helpful with walking
through the "manual" activation process, in my experience.  YMMV, of
course.
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