On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Tim Vander Kooi<[email protected]> wrote: > I would find it strange if you could add an OEM key to a volume > license install (I know you could with XP, but XP never had any kind > of anti-piracy capabilities to speak of, while both Vista and Win7 do).
XP VLM won't accept an OEM PK, either. But it is true that XP VLM doesn't require activation, while Vista VLM does. (And of course all retail XP and Vista require activation.) > You aren't supposed to be able to install OEM licenses yourself with > a volume account ... I was just thinking about what media will accept and activate with which keys, and taking as given that one has your license paperwork in order. For example, it would be nice if all media really was the same, and one could install any Vista computer from any Vista media, and activate just on the Product Key. That would be handy for when people lose their install discs (or just never got any, as is common with home computers). -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
