5/27/2023 0 Comments Toshiba satellite windows 7Windows 8.0 OEM System Builder Kit under Personal Use License (like Retail) is allowed to be transferred to different computers. Even from MS perspective, they are different, they have different part numbers and often contain different updates and of course end up being different file sizes.Īnd do not confuse what is technically possible with what is allowed by license. #2 is created by the OEM and is not likely to be identical to the source media. And of course, bit-wise it is also different, for the previous OS examples. I think with Windows 8.1 and 10, it is possible to actually do this, but in the past with XP, Vista and 7, it would not work or activate properly. An OEM should not use System Builder media to make a pre-install image because they have access to the appropriate media. In the physical wise, and bit-wise, #1 and #2 are different. This is made by a Replicator (presses DVDs or makes USB keys) OEM Recovery media, which is a Setup that the OEM uses #2 to create. This comes from Microsoft, previously "white-label" media, MS does not ship this anymore.ģ. ![]() OEM OS that the OEM uses to pre-install Windows onto a new computer for sale. OEM System Builder Kit: the software you can buy from a distribution house, comes in a white box with hologram DVD and COA label.Ģ. ![]() Anyway in Reddit, Tomshardware and other sites it is clearly stated that in contrast to Windows 7 OEM (preactivated) Windows 8 OEM (not preactivated) is transferrable to other hardware (including different motherboard)/ computer, there are even people who say that they have done it themselves,ġ. ![]() Is there a real difference between OEM System Builder and "mere" OEM editions of Windows 8? I red somewhere that it is practically the same, "System Builder" is a term that remained from older versions of Windows.
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