Buying a OEM vista?

ATOJAR · 29-03-2008, 12:16 PM

Hey guys, im going to buy a OEM vista(quick find = 123067), ive heard you cant buy a OEM vista by its self & you have to buy something with it? whats this about? .. what else do you have to buy with it?

Thanks.

Paren · 29-03-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ATOJAR

Hey guys, im going to buy a OEM vista(quick find = 123067), ive heard you cant buy a OEM vista by its self & you have to buy something with it? whats this about? .. what else do you have to buy with it?

Thanks.

I think you're supposed to but Ebuyer let you buy it on its own.

Camelman5 · 29-03-2008, 12:22 PM

Yeah, i got mine on it's own, but technically it should be purchased with some form of hardware e.g. memory, GFX card, mobo etc.

BrianBinder · 29-03-2008, 12:22 PM

nononono there wasa change in the license no hardware purchase is required

Camelman5 · 29-03-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianBinder

nononono there wasa change in the license no hardware purchase is required

Did they actually change the license then, I know it was that you had to purchase it with hardware a while back, but as i said, i got mine alone anyway

ATOJAR · 29-03-2008, 12:35 PM

So i can just buy vista by its self? no need ro buy a fan, memory, hdd ect with it?

Where do i stand with activation? how many times can i activate with the serial key? is it three? then after than i have to phone microsoft to phone activate? ... will they phone activate endlessly without question?

Camelman5 · 29-03-2008, 12:37 PM

You can buy the product alone without needing any components!

You can install OEM editions of Windows on ONE motherboard - this is strictly limited. If however you're motherboard failed or "failed" then you can phone activate just as easy.

Also if an OEM copy of Windows is not active for 6 month you can reactivate by internet for a second time on a completely different hardware configuration as i have discovered with mine

BrianBinder · 29-03-2008, 01:57 PM

yeah the license got changed when sp2 for xp was release

Nook29 · 29-03-2008, 02:55 PM

I had to buy some hardware when I got mine last year, but that was in a different shop.

riley · 29-03-2008, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nook29

I had to buy some hardware when I got mine last year, but that was in a different shop.

The only place you find people selling it with hardware is fleabay because otherwise they get taken down.

marzy88 · 29-03-2008, 04:26 PM

i bought my vista oem didnt get it on its own but there was nothing to say i had to buy it with something you'll be fine buying it

ATOJAR · 29-03-2008, 05:12 PM

Well i figured i would buy the Home Premium version and the ultimate version dont really offer anything extra that i would use\need!

Camelman5 · 29-03-2008, 05:17 PM

Yeah Home Premium is best value, unless you want Windows Media Centre, and want to use the full system backup and restore capabilities of Ultimate. Otherwise Ultimate is a little overkill!

ATOJAR · 29-03-2008, 05:19 PM

Looking at this i wont miss anything!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx

Camelman5 · 29-03-2008, 05:20 PM

Only Fax & Scan and Backup/Restore!!

Home Premium FTW!!!

riley · 29-03-2008, 07:17 PM

Hmm, just looked at that list.

Business aint got drive encryption? Bit of a screw-up there!

To bad Truecrypt is ftw!

Camelman5 · 29-03-2008, 07:24 PM

IMO Ultimate doesn't warrant the price difference it has! I don't think it has enough features to make people go and buy it for nearly twice the price of Home Premium!

I don't agree that Business should cost more than Home Premium simply because neither is really better than the other, Business is more like the "professional" edition designed for businesses and users with larger networks etc, Home Premium is a more "fun" edition aimed at general users such as myself and Media Centre PC's.

riley · 29-03-2008, 07:26 PM

IMO its stupid full stop. What was wrong with just two editions?

Camelman5 · 29-03-2008, 07:33 PM

exactly, Microsoft seemed to go mental with the XP editions too though i mean we now have: Home Edition, Pro, Pro x64, MCE, TPE, Starter Edition and the Embedded Edition!

Lets be honest, they should've just made a Home and Pro edition as they did to start with Vista, like they did origninally with XP and left it!

Rant over

ATOJAR · 29-03-2008, 11:58 PM

Guys say for example i wanted to formatt my hdd with vista oem(i like to formatt every few months or so), would i have to re-activate every time i formatt? or is re-activation only needed if my mobo dies and i need to re-install vista onto a new mobo?

riley · 30-03-2008, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ATOJAR

Guys say for example i wanted to formatt my hdd with vista oem(i like to formatt every few months or so), would i have to re-activate every time i formatt? or is re-activation only needed if my mobo dies and i need to re-install vista onto a new mobo?

Everytime you format.

There is no way for the old OS to check if you have wiped it!

ATOJAR · 30-03-2008, 12:13 AM

Well thats a bummer! ... how lenient are microsoft when it comes to re-activation? ... could i just phone up say say "ermmm i formatted my hard drive can you re-activate it for me please?" lol.

riley · 30-03-2008, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ATOJAR

Well thats a bummer! ... how lenient are microsoft when it comes to re-activation? ... could i just phone up say say "ermmm i formatted my hard drive can you re-activate it for me please?" lol.

When you format its auto, you just enter a code and the phone line will give you new code back (I think).

And no never say you just want to format, say you had a faulty HDD or Mobo.

ATOJAR · 30-03-2008, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by riley

say you had a faulty HDD or Mobo.

What and i can say this every few months when\if i formatt and they will re-activate without dought?

They are gonna think im verry unlucky with hardware lol.

andy82 · 30-03-2008, 09:03 AM

Y are you formatting you os hard drive every few months? Surely it makes more sense to have an os running on a small (80gb) hdd and all your downloads on seperate drives that way you can reformat drives with no hassle as the os drive is having very little added removed to it and therefore has no need to be reformatted.
As for your question im pretty sure microsoft would tell you where to go if after 6 months you had reactivated an oem piece of software more than twice, they might decide to chase after you for piracy

Camelman5 · 30-03-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ATOJAR

What and i can say this every few months when\if i formatt and they will re-activate without dought?

They are gonna think im verry unlucky with hardware lol.

Yes, cos if you do end up speaking to someone then they're not gonna know who you are. And also, you would generally get the automated phone system which generates you a code there and then!

BrianBinder · 30-03-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ATOJAR

Well thats a bummer! ... how lenient are microsoft when it comes to re-activation? ... could i just phone up say say "ermmm i formatted my hard drive can you re-activate it for me please?" lol.

what u can say is you reinstalled windows since thats what u doone and they will give u a new activation key

sometimes when they renew ur activation key u can activate online another 5 times

Camelman5 · 30-03-2008, 02:13 PM

Just don't give them an excuse

29-03-2008, 12:16 PM	#1
ATOJAR Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Middlesbrough. Posts: 1,234 Rep Power: 11 Reputation: 190	Buying a OEM vista? Hey guys, im going to buy a OEM vista(quick find = 123067), ive heard you cant buy a OEM vista by its self & you have to buy something with it? whats this about? .. what else do you have to buy with it? Thanks. __________________ i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) -ASUS P6T iX58 - EVGA GTX 260@(702/1404/1214) - X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Seagate SATAII 500GB - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Hiper Type-R 580W - Antec 900 - LG W2452T 24" Widescreen - Win 7 Ultimate X64

29-03-2008, 12:22 PM	#4
BrianBinder Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kettering, Northants Posts: 3,213 Rep Power: 26 Reputation: 828	nononono there wasa change in the license no hardware purchase is required __________________ NEED A NEW ROUTER? GET A BUFFALO [CABLE] [ADSL] I'M A PC AND WINDOWS 7 WAS MY IDEA

29-03-2008, 12:35 PM	#6
ATOJAR Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Middlesbrough. Posts: 1,234 Rep Power: 11 Reputation: 190	So i can just buy vista by its self? no need ro buy a fan, memory, hdd ect with it? Where do i stand with activation? how many times can i activate with the serial key? is it three? then after than i have to phone microsoft to phone activate? ... will they phone activate endlessly without question? __________________ i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) -ASUS P6T iX58 - EVGA GTX 260@(702/1404/1214) - X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Seagate SATAII 500GB - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Hiper Type-R 580W - Antec 900 - LG W2452T 24" Widescreen - Win 7 Ultimate X64

29-03-2008, 01:57 PM	#8
BrianBinder Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kettering, Northants Posts: 3,213 Rep Power: 26 Reputation: 828	yeah the license got changed when sp2 for xp was release __________________ NEED A NEW ROUTER? GET A BUFFALO [CABLE] [ADSL] I'M A PC AND WINDOWS 7 WAS MY IDEA

29-03-2008, 02:55 PM	#9
Nook29 Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,433 Rep Power: 21 Reputation: 625	I had to buy some hardware when I got mine last year, but that was in a different shop. __________________ Visit my Flickr Antec 300, Intel Q6600, ATi 4870 512mb, OCZ 2GB RAM, 500GB Samsung HDD, DVD-RW, P5Q SE, Logitech keyboard, Technika mouse

29-03-2008, 12:22 PM	#3
Camelman5 Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern Yorkshire Posts: 3,558 Rep Power: 18 Reputation: 514	Yeah, i got mine on it's own, but technically it should be purchased with some form of hardware e.g. memory, GFX card, mobo etc.

29-03-2008, 12:37 PM	#7
Camelman5 Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern Yorkshire Posts: 3,558 Rep Power: 18 Reputation: 514	You can buy the product alone without needing any components! You can install OEM editions of Windows on ONE motherboard - this is strictly limited. If however you're motherboard failed or "failed" then you can phone activate just as easy. Also if an OEM copy of Windows is not active for 6 month you can reactivate by internet for a second time on a completely different hardware configuration as i have discovered with mine

29-03-2008, 04:26 PM	#11
marzy88 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Hull,England Posts: 30 Rep Power: 5 Reputation: 5	i bought my vista oem didnt get it on its own but there was nothing to say i had to buy it with something you'll be fine buying it

29-03-2008, 05:12 PM	#12
ATOJAR Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Middlesbrough. Posts: 1,234 Rep Power: 11 Reputation: 190	Well i figured i would buy the Home Premium version and the ultimate version dont really offer anything extra that i would use\need! __________________ i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) -ASUS P6T iX58 - EVGA GTX 260@(702/1404/1214) - X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Seagate SATAII 500GB - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Hiper Type-R 580W - Antec 900 - LG W2452T 24" Widescreen - Win 7 Ultimate X64

29-03-2008, 05:17 PM	#13
Camelman5 Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern Yorkshire Posts: 3,558 Rep Power: 18 Reputation: 514	Yeah Home Premium is best value, unless you want Windows Media Centre, and want to use the full system backup and restore capabilities of Ultimate. Otherwise Ultimate is a little overkill!

29-03-2008, 05:19 PM	#14
ATOJAR Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Middlesbrough. Posts: 1,234 Rep Power: 11 Reputation: 190	Looking at this i wont miss anything! http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx __________________ i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) -ASUS P6T iX58 - EVGA GTX 260@(702/1404/1214) - X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Seagate SATAII 500GB - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Hiper Type-R 580W - Antec 900 - LG W2452T 24" Widescreen - Win 7 Ultimate X64

29-03-2008, 05:20 PM	#15
Camelman5 Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern Yorkshire Posts: 3,558 Rep Power: 18 Reputation: 514	Only Fax & Scan and Backup/Restore!! Home Premium FTW!!!

29-03-2008, 07:17 PM	#16
riley The "Android" Dude Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southport Posts: 2,271 Rep Power: 52 Reputation: 2268	Hmm, just looked at that list. Business aint got drive encryption? Bit of a screw-up there! To bad Truecrypt is ftw! __________________ RECENT BUILD: GA-P35C-DS3R \| C2Q Q6600 GO 95W @ 3.2Ghz With AF7 \| 4GB OCZ DDR PC2-6400 4-4-4-15 \| XFX Geforce 8800GT (G92 670Mhz) With Thermaltake DuOrb Cooler \| Antec P182 Gun Metal Grey NOTEBOOK: Apple 13" Macbook Pro (Mid 2009) PHONE: T-Mobile G1

29-03-2008, 07:24 PM	#17
Camelman5 Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern Yorkshire Posts: 3,558 Rep Power: 18 Reputation: 514	IMO Ultimate doesn't warrant the price difference it has! I don't think it has enough features to make people go and buy it for nearly twice the price of Home Premium! I don't agree that Business should cost more than Home Premium simply because neither is really better than the other, Business is more like the "professional" edition designed for businesses and users with larger networks etc, Home Premium is a more "fun" edition aimed at general users such as myself and Media Centre PC's.

29-03-2008, 07:26 PM	#18
riley The "Android" Dude Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southport Posts: 2,271 Rep Power: 52 Reputation: 2268	IMO its stupid full stop. What was wrong with just two editions? __________________ RECENT BUILD: GA-P35C-DS3R \| C2Q Q6600 GO 95W @ 3.2Ghz With AF7 \| 4GB OCZ DDR PC2-6400 4-4-4-15 \| XFX Geforce 8800GT (G92 670Mhz) With Thermaltake DuOrb Cooler \| Antec P182 Gun Metal Grey NOTEBOOK: Apple 13" Macbook Pro (Mid 2009) PHONE: T-Mobile G1

29-03-2008, 07:33 PM	#19
Camelman5 Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern Yorkshire Posts: 3,558 Rep Power: 18 Reputation: 514	exactly, Microsoft seemed to go mental with the XP editions too though i mean we now have: Home Edition, Pro, Pro x64, MCE, TPE, Starter Edition and the Embedded Edition! Lets be honest, they should've just made a Home and Pro edition as they did to start with Vista, like they did origninally with XP and left it! Rant over

29-03-2008, 11:58 PM	#20
ATOJAR Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Middlesbrough. Posts: 1,234 Rep Power: 11 Reputation: 190	Guys say for example i wanted to formatt my hdd with vista oem(i like to formatt every few months or so), would i have to re-activate every time i formatt? or is re-activation only needed if my mobo dies and i need to re-install vista onto a new mobo? __________________ i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) -ASUS P6T iX58 - EVGA GTX 260@(702/1404/1214) - X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Seagate SATAII 500GB - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Hiper Type-R 580W - Antec 900 - LG W2452T 24" Widescreen - Win 7 Ultimate X64 Last edited by ATOJAR; 30-03-2008 at 12:06 AM..

30-03-2008, 12:13 AM	#22
ATOJAR Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Middlesbrough. Posts: 1,234 Rep Power: 11 Reputation: 190	Well thats a bummer! ... how lenient are microsoft when it comes to re-activation? ... could i just phone up say say "ermmm i formatted my hard drive can you re-activate it for me please?" lol. __________________ i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) -ASUS P6T iX58 - EVGA GTX 260@(702/1404/1214) - X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Seagate SATAII 500GB - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Hiper Type-R 580W - Antec 900 - LG W2452T 24" Widescreen - Win 7 Ultimate X64

30-03-2008, 09:03 AM	#25
andy82 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 223 Rep Power: 7 Reputation: 21	Y are you formatting you os hard drive every few months? Surely it makes more sense to have an os running on a small (80gb) hdd and all your downloads on seperate drives that way you can reformat drives with no hassle as the os drive is having very little added removed to it and therefore has no need to be reformatted. As for your question im pretty sure microsoft would tell you where to go if after 6 months you had reactivated an oem piece of software more than twice, they might decide to chase after you for piracy

30-03-2008, 02:13 PM	#28
Camelman5 Senior Ebuyer Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern Yorkshire Posts: 3,558 Rep Power: 18 Reputation: 514	Just don't give them an excuse

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