David Jones
December 9th 03, 12:05 PM
It is very very unlikely the fact you used OEM would
cause this.
If what the support person says is true, every single
computer sold today by HP/Compaq, Dell, Gateway, and
every other manufacturer would show this same problem,
and that company has a much larger problem to worry about.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently installed a Canopus ACEDVio capture card in
my
>DELL 4600 and I am having problems getting it to show up
>properly in device manager.
>
>The Canopus support tells me this is a known issue
>experienced by people having installed XP from the OEM
XP
>Home SP1 disk. He suggested I reinstall XP Home from a
>retail version of the disk.
>
>I have always believed that the only difference between
an
>OEM version and retail was the box, manual, and support.
>Is it possible that installing the retail vesion will
make
>any change?
>.
>
cause this.
If what the support person says is true, every single
computer sold today by HP/Compaq, Dell, Gateway, and
every other manufacturer would show this same problem,
and that company has a much larger problem to worry about.
>-----Original Message-----
>I recently installed a Canopus ACEDVio capture card in
my
>DELL 4600 and I am having problems getting it to show up
>properly in device manager.
>
>The Canopus support tells me this is a known issue
>experienced by people having installed XP from the OEM
XP
>Home SP1 disk. He suggested I reinstall XP Home from a
>retail version of the disk.
>
>I have always believed that the only difference between
an
>OEM version and retail was the box, manual, and support.
>Is it possible that installing the retail vesion will
make
>any change?
>.
>