OEM Windows

Just a question regarding OEM Windows.
Right now i use a OEM but i was reading that OEM is bound to
particular hardware. That would mean that i can not install this OEM
on a new pc.
Is this true? If i knew that i would have bought the fullversion which
wasn't even that much more expensive.

In message <>, noname
<> writes:
>Just a question regarding OEM Windows.
>Right now i use a OEM but i was reading that OEM is bound to
>particular hardware. That would mean that i can not install this OEM
>on a new pc.
>Is this true? If i knew that i would have bought the fullversion which
>wasn't even that much more expensive.

These terms tend to be used somewhat imprecisely.

Full retail: can be used on any computer (though only one at a time),
and transferred. The most expensive type (in UK, can cost similar to a
whole new PC with preloaded Windows included).

Another type (I think sometimes called "system builder"): can be
installed on one PC, but not transferred to another PC. What "another
PC" means is wooly - you can change things, like amount of RAM, disc
drives, etc., as long as you don't change too much in too short a time
so that it "thinks" it's been copied to a new PC. Different changes have
different "weighting", with the change of a motherboard having the
highest; if you change too much in too short a time, it will ask you to
revalidate with Microsoft, possibly to the extent of having to convince
someone over the 'phone (e. g. that your motherboard died). [It is my
understanding that Windows 7 is more sophisticated in what it allows
than XP was.]

OEM in its purest meaning is Original Equipment Manufacturer, and refers
to licences sold in large numbers to the big manufacturers (Dell etc.)
for preinstallation. However, the term is sometimes used for licences
(usually with installation media; the big OEM ones usually _don't_ have
the media, as the machines are mass-produced and -loaded in the factory)
for other types of construction.

I think there are other types too.

When you say you are using a OEM, do you mean a PC that came with
Windows pre-installed, or - as I suspect, since you refer indirectly to
its cost, which wouldn't be obvious as a separate component if you'd
just bought a PC - Windows that came on media that you installed?
--
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noname wrote:

> Right now i use a OEM but i was reading that OEM is bound to
> particular hardware. That would mean that i can not install this OEM
> on a new pc. Is this true?

Yes. This is your very first experience with any version of Windows?

Find End User License Terms for Microsoft Software Licensed by Microsoft
or the Computer Manufacturer
http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal...s/Default.aspx

Since you're asking about the OEM version which is usually pre-installed
on a pre-built computer (or installed by a system builder which includes
yourself should you elect that position), select the "Pre-installed"
category.

My selections led me to:
http://download.microsoft.com/Docume...eTerms/Windows
7_Professional_English_b7a7153f-1a6c-498c-9350-c86926bb1aa9.pdf

which says " The software license is permanently assigned to the
computer with which the software is distributed."

You didn't bother to mention WHICH edition you have. I picked the
Professional edition (and pre-installed for OEM versions).

> If i knew that i would have bought the fullversion which wasn't even
> that much more expensive.

Really? OEM versions usually cost me about half of the retail full
version. Maybe you were thinking of the retail upgrade version.

Windows 7 OEM version: $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116989

Windows 7 retail upgrade version: $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116714

Windows 7 retail full version: $250
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116717

That's a $110 difference between full retail and OEM versions.

To clarify. I build my pc myself (its old now) and installed Win7 new
onto it. I had XP preciously but tossed it.
The Version i got was labeld OEM.
I am not sure where i read that Win7 OEM binds the OS to lets say a
motherboard.
What i want to do is to eventually build a new pc discard the old one
(or load it with Linux) and install my OEM Win7 on the new pc.
I haven't tried it so far since i only have one pc.



On Sat, 3 Mar 2012 00:07:11 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<> wrote:

>In message <>, noname
><> writes:
>>Just a question regarding OEM Windows.
>>Right now i use a OEM but i was reading that OEM is bound to
>>particular hardware. That would mean that i can not install this OEM
>>on a new pc.
>>Is this true? If i knew that i would have bought the fullversion which
>>wasn't even that much more expensive.
>
>These terms tend to be used somewhat imprecisely.
>
>Full retail: can be used on any computer (though only one at a time),
>and transferred. The most expensive type (in UK, can cost similar to a
>whole new PC with preloaded Windows included).
>
>Another type (I think sometimes called "system builder"): can be
>installed on one PC, but not transferred to another PC. What "another
>PC" means is wooly - you can change things, like amount of RAM, disc
>drives, etc., as long as you don't change too much in too short a time
>so that it "thinks" it's been copied to a new PC. Different changes have
>different "weighting", with the change of a motherboard having the
>highest; if you change too much in too short a time, it will ask you to
>revalidate with Microsoft, possibly to the extent of having to convince
>someone over the 'phone (e. g. that your motherboard died). [It is my
>understanding that Windows 7 is more sophisticated in what it allows
>than XP was.]
>
>OEM in its purest meaning is Original Equipment Manufacturer, and refers
>to licences sold in large numbers to the big manufacturers (Dell etc.)
>for preinstallation. However, the term is sometimes used for licences
>(usually with installation media; the big OEM ones usually _don't_ have
>the media, as the machines are mass-produced and -loaded in the factory)
>for other types of construction.
>
>I think there are other types too.
>
>When you say you are using a OEM, do you mean a PC that came with
>Windows pre-installed, or - as I suspect, since you refer indirectly to
>its cost, which wouldn't be obvious as a separate component if you'd
>just bought a PC - Windows that came on media that you installed?

Now i check my box and it says OEM System Builder Pack
and on the label it says Win Home Prem 7 SP1 64bit English 1pk DSP OEI
611 DVD.

I am confused right now.
But i want to be clear once more. Its not a new computer and it did
not came with the computer.
I bought it off a store and installed it. Everything works fine but
not sure if i can install it on a new pc or if i end up to have to buy
a brand new copy.

On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:22:14 -0600, VanguardLH <> wrote:

>noname wrote:
>
>> Right now i use a OEM but i was reading that OEM is bound to
>> particular hardware. That would mean that i can not install this OEM
>> on a new pc. Is this true?
>
>Yes. This is your very first experience with any version of Windows?
>
>Find End User License Terms for Microsoft Software Licensed by Microsoft
>or the Computer Manufacturer
>http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal...s/Default.aspx
>
>Since you're asking about the OEM version which is usually pre-installed
>on a pre-built computer (or installed by a system builder which includes
>yourself should you elect that position), select the "Pre-installed"
>category.
>
>My selections led me to:
>http://download.microsoft.com/Docume...eTerms/Windows
>7_Professional_English_b7a7153f-1a6c-498c-9350-c86926bb1aa9.pdf
>
>which says " The software license is permanently assigned to the
>computer with which the software is distributed."
>
>You didn't bother to mention WHICH edition you have. I picked the
>Professional edition (and pre-installed for OEM versions).
>
>> If i knew that i would have bought the fullversion which wasn't even
>> that much more expensive.
>
>Really? OEM versions usually cost me about half of the retail full
>version. Maybe you were thinking of the retail upgrade version.
>
>Windows 7 OEM version: $140
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116989
>
>Windows 7 retail upgrade version: $180
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116714
>
>Windows 7 retail full version: $250
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116717
>
>That's a $110 difference between full retail and OEM versions.

On 02/03/2012 8:17 PM, noname wrote:
> To clarify. I build my pc myself (its old now) and installed Win7 new
> onto it. I had XP preciously but tossed it.
> The Version i got was labeld OEM.
> I am not sure where i read that Win7 OEM binds the OS to lets say a
> motherboard.
> What i want to do is to eventually build a new pc discard the old one
> (or load it with Linux) and install my OEM Win7 on the new pc.
> I haven't tried it so far since i only have one pc.

Search on "move Windows 7 to new hardware", and you'll find:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694

It will tell what you need to know.

Wolf K.
"Google is your friend"

On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:17:00 -0800, noname <>
wrote:

>To clarify. I build my pc myself (its old now) and installed Win7 new
>onto it. I had XP preciously but tossed it.
>The Version i got was labeld OEM.

That was a fine choice, but it didn't position you for the long term.

>I am not sure where i read that Win7 OEM binds the OS to lets say a
>motherboard.
>What i want to do is to eventually build a new pc discard the old one
>(or load it with Linux) and install my OEM Win7 on the new pc.

That's exactly what OEM doesn't allow. You should have gone with an
Upgrade or full Retail copy. Your choices now are to get another OEM
version or move up to a higher edition.

--

Char Jackson

On 02/03/2012 9:19 PM, Wolf K wrote:
> On 02/03/2012 8:17 PM, noname wrote:
>> To clarify. I build my pc myself (its old now) and installed Win7 new
>> onto it. I had XP preciously but tossed it.
>> The Version i got was labeld OEM.
>> I am not sure where i read that Win7 OEM binds the OS to lets say a
>> motherboard.
>> What i want to do is to eventually build a new pc discard the old one
>> (or load it with Linux) and install my OEM Win7 on the new pc.
>> I haven't tried it so far since I only have one pc.
>
> Search on "move Windows 7 to new hardware", and you'll find:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
>
> It will tell what you need to know.
>
> Wolf K.
> "Google is your friend"


And this URL basically tells you'll have to buy a new copy ("licence")
when you build a new computer:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...9-fa1078481d83

HTH,
Wolf K.

On 3/02/2012, noname posted:
> Now i check my box and it says OEM System Builder Pack
> and on the label it says Win Home Prem 7 SP1 64bit English 1pk DSP OEI
> 611 DVD.

> I am confused right now.
> But i want to be clear once more. Its not a new computer and it did
> not came with the computer.
> I bought it off a store and installed it. Everything works fine but
> not sure if i can install it on a new pc or if i end up to have to buy
> a brand new copy.

Many people have said it in this thread: OEM can not be transferred to
a new computer.

O-E-M CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED.

> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:22:14 -0600, VanguardLH <> wrote:

>> noname wrote:
>>
>>> Right now i use a OEM but i was reading that OEM is bound to
>>> particular hardware. That would mean that i can not install this OEM
>>> on a new pc. Is this true?
>>
>> Yes. This is your very first experience with any version of Windows?
>>
>> Find End User License Terms for Microsoft Software Licensed by Microsoft
>> or the Computer Manufacturer
>> http://www.microsoft.com/About/Legal...s/Default.aspx
>>
>> Since you're asking about the OEM version which is usually pre-installed
>> on a pre-built computer (or installed by a system builder which includes
>> yourself should you elect that position), select the "Pre-installed"
>> category.
>>
>> My selections led me to:
>> http://download.microsoft.com/Docume...eTerms/Windows
>> 7_Professional_English_b7a7153f-1a6c-498c-9350-c86926bb1aa9.pdf
>>
>> which says " The software license is permanently assigned to the
>> computer with which the software is distributed."
>>
>> You didn't bother to mention WHICH edition you have. I picked the
>> Professional edition (and pre-installed for OEM versions).
>>
>>> If i knew that i would have bought the fullversion which wasn't even
>>> that much more expensive.
>>
>> Really? OEM versions usually cost me about half of the retail full
>> version. Maybe you were thinking of the retail upgrade version.
>>
>> Windows 7 OEM version: $140
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116989
>>
>> Windows 7 retail upgrade version: $180
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116714
>>
>> Windows 7 retail full version: $250
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116717
>>
>> That's a $110 difference between full retail and OEM versions.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

noname wrote:

> Now i check my box and it says OEM System Builder Pack
> and on the label it says Win Home Prem 7 SP1 64bit English 1pk DSP OEI
> 611 DVD.
>
> But i want to be clear once more. Its not a new computer and it did
> not came with the computer.
> I bought it off a store and installed it. Everything works fine but
> not sure if i can install it on a new pc or if i end up to have to buy
> a brand new copy.

The "system builder" license is what was previously called the OEM
license. A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/lice...ges/index.aspx

You buy the SB licensed product and then later you, the system builder,
install it. It is an OEM license that you put onto a pre-built
computer. That the computer gets "distributed" by you to you doesn't
change that you elected to be the original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
or the system builder.

You bought an OEM licensed product. You chose to be the system builder.
You perform the OS install. You distribute the pre-installed OS on the
pre-built computer. That the pre-installed pre-built platform was
distributed to yourself doesn't change your licensing role.