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  1. February 12th, 2007, 08:04 PM #46
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    Thanks everyone

    So, how does that affect the DVDs?
    Should it make any difference to the user?

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  2. February 13th, 2007, 12:39 PM #47
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    No, not in the slightest. It is a full Vista DVD in every way, the only difference from Retail versions is that it it is tied to the mobo it is installed on, and you don't get any support from Microsoft.
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  3. February 13th, 2007, 01:22 PM #48
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    Hello again Nick,

    I know that is the definition of an OEM disk, but what does this "OEI DSP" gubbins do to the disk?

    There are OEM disks with "OEI DSP " and OEM disks without it.

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  4. February 13th, 2007, 01:48 PM #49
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    I bet there aren't. It's just that some stores just say OEM and others quote the whole string of letters. I'd be pretty confident that they are the identical discs.
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    OK Nick thanks.

    I`ll leave you alone now.

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  7. February 14th, 2007, 03:33 PM #51
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    I wonder, if you do a clean install of Vista from within an activated same version of Windows, will you have to activate it again. I'd imagine you would, probably give it a try some time.
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    Yes you will, because a clean install will wipe out the activation files.
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  9. February 15th, 2007, 12:39 PM #53
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    On my second install I chose custom and performed a clean install, this meant that I had to delete the Windows.old folder (no big deal)

    It appears that I could have chose to do an Upgrade install which wouldn't have left anything to delete.

    http://www.instantvista.com/windows-vista-upgrade.html

    For some reason I feel it's better to do the first method of a clean install, but that's just my opinion.
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