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installing xp with a disc from a manufacturer

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installing xp with a disc from a manufacturer

Postby Kzz5 » Mon May 23, 2005 4:28 am

i got a dell awhile ago that came with a xp disc, on the disc it says for distribution for dell pc only, if i were to install that in this new computer im building and just use the same xp product key, will xp still update, and will dell stuff be installed on my computer, i looked on the disc and in the root directory there is a folder that says oem and in it it says some dell stuff. if u guys think or kno anything please let me kno
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Postby Gecko » Mon May 23, 2005 12:02 pm

I think that you are asking for trouble if you use that OEM install CD.
And there is a good chance that the OEM key will not work on your built system.
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