Dell is going to take about 2-3 business days to get the CD which is
what I ended up doing.

-----Original Message-----
From: Candee [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 10:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: question about OEM Windows License Keys

Why not call DELL and get the reinstall disk? License numbers are
version specific

On 7/8/11, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I have a Dell XPS laptop that needs the Vista reinstalled.  The
> original OS version is Vista Home Premium.  Since I don't have the OEM
> install disc from Dell, I decided to download a Vista Retail ISO (I
> think it was retail).  So I ran the installer and it comes to the
> license key window.  I put in the key from the COA label under the
> laptop but it doesn't like the key.
>
>
>
> So my real question is, does the OEM key on the Microsoft COA label
work
> with any media type as long as it is not Volume Licensing Media and
same
> OS version?  Any clarification would be awesome!
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jimmy
>
>
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