(Original Equipment Manufacturer)
Hardware: The rebranding of equipment and selling it under another name.
Software: Software that comes with a piece of hardware (for example a camera) that is supplied by the hardware manufacturer and can usually not be bought separately.
Questions tagged [oem]
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Where I can I legally download Windows 7 installation .ISO files?
Possible Duplicate:
Where do I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)?
Disclaimer: I'm primarily a Linux/Unix person, so all this Windows licensing stuff is new to me.
Where I can I legally download Windows 7 installation .ISO files? (And…
user74416
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OEM license activation for Windows 10 Home VirtualBox guest, on Ubuntu host
Context
Three years ago my company got me a Lenovo T550 with Windows 10 Home installed on it (my understanding is that this is called "OEM"). I immediately erased everything to install Ubuntu on it.
Unfortunately from now on I will need to use…
Nicolas Raoul
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Can you transfer a Windows 10 OEM licence to a VM while not running a Windows host OS?
From the information scattered around the Internet, it seems that running Windows as a host OS and also installing it as a guest OS somewhere using the same key is okay so long you don't use both at the same time.
I'm looking to migrate to Linux and…
Tomáš Hübelbauer
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Legality of using a burned CD with a legal CD-Key?
I have a friend that keeps a collection of burned Windows CD's; 2000, XP, Vista which he uses to repair peoples computers with. Now he justifies this by saying he uses the CD-Key on their OEM sticker that came with their PC. As long as the…
Juice
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What is a bare or OEM hard drive?
I am looking for a new internal hard drive for laptop and found the terms like Bare drive and OEM drive.
I searched the net and found that bare drives don’t come with cables and manuals. But I am still confused with one silly thing: Does they have…
Pankhuri Gupta
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Does upgrading a Windows 7 OEM licence to Windows 8 remove the OEM restrictions?
I have Windows 7 OEM version installed on my PC at the moment and I want to upgrade my motherboard, CPU and graphics card, but I've been told that an OEM version of Windows will not boot if I change the hardware. If I upgrade to Windows 8 first then…
matt
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Legal to install an OEM license of Windows 7 in VMWare Fusion?
I have a desktop (HP) and a laptop (MacBook Pro). HP is currently running Vista Ultimate. (It came with Vista Premium; I formatted it and installed Vista Ultimate because I had a license for that on hand. A friend helpfully reformatted my restore…
Arkaaito
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Windows (ALL) OEM activation
Looking for solid confirmation on how Windows(XP,Vista,7,8) OEM can be reinstalled/activated
Windows XP (Home/Professional) OEM(SLP) (Dell, HP etc.)
Using
GRTMHOEM_EN.iso (Generic Home…
Riguez
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OEM Office 2010 without media - how to reinstall?
I have recently purchased a new office desktop PC from Dell with OEM version of Windows 7 Pro and Office 2010 Pro.
One of the reasons I always use Dell is that they always supply installation media CDs or DVDs, unlike some other companies that just…
user5024
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Can you re-install Windows 7 OEM on a new motherboard?
I want to buy a copy of Windows 7 OEM for my PC so I can run Adobe Premiere on a 64 bit OS. However, there seems to be a problem with OEM copies as some people say that once you install them you can't reinstall them if you upgrade your PC and…
Xeoncross
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Windows 10 Professional OEM vs Retail
I am having difficulty understanding why anyone would purchase the retail version of windows when the OEM version does not seem to be very different. For example, at the time of writing this, I see the difference on amazon to be $130 for the OEM…
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How to repair the checksum of the non-volatile memory (NVM) of Intel Ethernet Controller I219-V of an ASUS laptop?
I have a problem with a new ASUSPRO B8430UA laptop: its Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V does not work under Linux. In fact, I tried two different laptops of this model, and both had the same problem.
The Linux driver used is e1000e, it produces…
Alexey
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Is Windows 10 OEM Home upgrade to Pro possible?
I am considering purchasing the desktop computer that fits my requirements, except it comes with Windows 10 Home while I need the Pro edition. Is an upgrade of the OEM version after purchase offered by Microsoft, and, if indeed possible, how much…
kkm mistrusts SE
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Windows License stored in UEFI/BIOS
Since Windows 10 (or earlier?). It has become standard to store the license product key in the UEFI/BIOS.
I am in the market for buying a new (custom build, individual parts) PC with a new Windows 10 License.
However I was wondering (and can't find…
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Is it worth buying a Windows 7 upgrade package or should I buy a OEM copy?
I have a legal copy of Windows Vista Home Prem 64-bit OEM in German. I am thinking about upgrading to Windows 7. I would like this time to buy an english version (Last time, I got a german by mistake). In Amazon:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bits OEM…
Sergio del Amo
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