OEM or Retail Version of XP Home

[Lesley]

The Microsoft Retail Version is all shiny silver with
lots of holograms
>-----Original 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.
>
>Regards Ron H.
>
>
>.
>

[Gerry Cornell]

The OEM version is also shiny silver with lots of holograms!=20

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Lesley" > wrote in message =
...
> The Microsoft Retail Version is all shiny silver with=20
> lots of holograms
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi All,
> >I purchased a second hand PC which came loaded with XP=20
> Pro and I also got
> >the XP CD. How can I tell whether that CD is an OEM=20
> version or a separate
> >retail version.
> >
> >Regards Ron H.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Lesley]

lol..lol- not thinking! - thought he meant Vendor's Disk!
>-----Original Message-----
>The OEM version is also shiny silver with lots of
holograms!
>
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>~~~~~~
>
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Gerry
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>FCA

>Stourport, Worcs, England
>Enquire, plan and execute.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Please tell the newsgroup how any
>suggested solution worked for you.
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>
>
>"Lesley" > wrote in message
...
>> The Microsoft Retail Version is all shiny silver with
>> lots of holograms
>> >-----Original 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.
>> >
>> >Regards Ron H.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>.
>