I agree with that 100%! Far too few of my garage clients keep their media where they know where its location. Several times I have had to walk away from paying clients who did not have their media after telling them they needed to get the CD/DVD from the manufacturer of their system. Major PITA. I would purchase that kind of media myself if I could just use their keys to activate, but all I see is each media is on it's own and OEM versions are not available. Maybe I am just not looking in the correct location?
Jon On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
