> The vista DVD i got from dell was part of the express upgrade offer and the
> Drivers are on a separate Dell CD
> Im only guessing its oem it dose not say oem or Dell anywhere exept on the
> DVD lable
> id like to know if its legal to run the Dell Copy instead
> thay are both 32bit vista home premium edition and work well on my Dell
> Dimension 9200 i have stuck the COA sticker to the Case
> one
> i have to enter cd-key, activate, install the drivers from a seperate CD and
> it has no reference to Dell
> the one i would like to use
> installs with no Key, no activation, Dell Logo in the Welcome Center and
> Drivers for my pc on the dvd
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The Dell disk (likely a DVD, not a CD) that came with the machine will have
> > drivers necessary for the hardware on your system. The other may not. By the
> > way, all copies of Vista now require activation, including enterprise
> > versions, though some can be delayed beyond the standard 30 days. I'm really
> > not sure what sort of disk this other one is. It may have a prefilled
> > product key, but it almost certainly would have to be activated at some
> > point.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com> >
> > "dazgreen" <dazgreen[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FAE05BBF-FB83-4390-8578-4D63ABBFF549[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > >i have a dell dimension 9200 with windows vista CD and CD key stuck to side
> > > but also have a Dell vista CD that dosen't need a CD key to install and
> > > work
> > > without a problem (no-cd key no-activation needed)this copy will updates
> > > and
> > > passes windows WGA
> > > So is it ok to use this oem installation CD instead of the oem
> > > installation
> > > CD I got from dell?
> >
> >