What are the pros and cons of SP3 for XP, di I hear somewhere where Ms was tightening the noose? Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Carl Denk wrote: > >> Maybe there is a gray area of OEM licenses. The case I said was a >> large OEM (Compaq), and probably the same applies to HP, Dell, and >> similar who handle the licenses . I see OEM versions of XP for sale, and >> I would think the license would go back to Microsoft on those, and they >> could be moved to another machine, but I have o experience to confirm or >> deny that. ~) Note that I did not plan to have one license on more >> than 1 machine. >> > > What I see here is that those OEM licenses (for small shops with officially > Microsoft endorsement) are for DIY people who want to build their own > machine. It is not that cheap but you can get it. There are also shops > who sell retail version of Chinese and Japanese version of XP so that > people who would use those versions can do it since most of the > PCs here will be preloaded with English version of Windows XP/Vista. > > Xiaofan > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist