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OEM purchase
Hello , I am Indian (Chennai) residing in Seoul, Korea. I bought a Toshiba
laptop with Korean Windows XP OS. Since i wanted English, I reformatted the entire hard disk and purchased and loaded an Windows xp OEM English software (Not an FPP) which i bought from an genuine Microsoft dealer in Korea. I heard that an FPP (price-400$) product is a retail product which you can purchase from any of the Microsoft authorized resellers in your area , whereas an OEM (price- 100$)product, as the name goes, Original Equipment Manufacturer, is a preinstalled software which comes to you along with the system, and is not supposed to be obtained as a retail product, and if it is done so, then you will not have the Support Option from Microsoft. If in that case what are the SUPPORT OPTION is referred here? I have run the MGA diag software from Microsoft online help and it says that my version is genuine. What are the future problems envisaged for my Laptop? Right now I am able to do upgrades from Microsoft web sites. Can I upgrade to Microsoft Vista when available? If you have time can you throw a light on the difference between OEM and FPP in technical terms and how could it affect me? Do I have to do a MPA (Microsoft Product Activation) over the internet? For your information I have not registered my Korean Windows XP over the internet with Microsoft, instead after loading the English version, I have registered with Microsoft. Is this the same activation? What happened to my Korean Version which I have not activated? |
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OEM purchase
pradeep wrote:
What are the future problems envisaged for my Laptop? Right now I am able to do upgrades from Microsoft web sites. Can I upgrade to Microsoft Vista when available? Yes. If you have time can you throw a light on the difference between OEM and FPP in technical terms and how could it affect me? Anything which would require active MS involvement, you can't have. You can't, for example, get telephone support if you encounter problems with installation, and you can't usually get replacement media from Microsoft like you can with an FPP. Do I have to do a MPA (Microsoft Product Activation) over the internet? I believe so. after loading the English version, I have registered with Microsoft. Is this the same activation? No. Registration and activation are different and separate. What happened to my Korean Version which I have not activated? You retain a non-transferrable license to use that with the laptop. -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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