OEM or Retail Version of XP Home

[Ron H.]

Hi All,
I purchased a second hand PC which came loaded with XP Pro and I also got
the XP CD. How can I tell whether that CD is an OEM version or a separate
retail version.

Regards Ron H.

[Gerry Cornell]

Ron

Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, =
General. You should find the Registration number. Mine is and OEM =
version and the second of four parts of the registration is the letters =
OEM. If you look at the Windows XP CD for an OEM version it should say ( =
amongst other things ) "For distribution with a new PC only".

--=20
~~~~~~


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please tell the newsgroup how any=20
suggested solution worked for you.
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Ron H." > wrote in message =
...
> Hi All,
> I purchased a second hand PC which came loaded with XP Pro and I also =
got
> the XP CD. How can I tell whether that CD is an OEM version or a =
separate
> retail version.
>=20
> Regards Ron H.
>=20
>

[David Candy]

The Retail comes in a plastic case, the OEM comes in paper (multidisk =
products) / carboard (single disk products) envelopes and has For Use =
With A New PC (or similar words) written on the Disk.

--=20
http://www.g2mil.com/Apr2003.htm
http://prorev.com/forbesrussia.htm
---------------------------------------------------------------
David Candy
http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros
---------------------------------------------------------------
"Ron H." > wrote in message =
...
> Hi All,
> I purchased a second hand PC which came loaded with XP Pro and I also =
got
> the XP CD. How can I tell whether that CD is an OEM version or a =
separate
> retail version.
>=20
> Regards Ron H.
>=20
>=20