"Char Jackson" wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:03:53 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Sounds like it's either retail copies or MSDN for my particular
situation. (all the PCs are in the family - albeit not under the
same roof)

When you say retail, do you really mean retail or do you mean upgrade?
The upgrade versions are quite a bit less expensive, I believe.

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Char Jackson


Hi, Char.

There are "upgrade" and "full" retail packages. The actual bits on the DVDs
are the same, but the "upgrade" retail package is less expensive because its
Setup.exe checks for a qualifying version of Windows already installed and
activated on the computer before continuing with the installation. (Yes,
there are well-known ways to thwart that restriction, but the difference
between the full and upgrade DVDs does exist - hence the price difference.)

In this case, the distinction is between "full" and "upgrade", not between
"retail" and OEM.

RC
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