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Re: will I need activation code for factory install replacement DVD for Dell?

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From wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat)
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Subject Re: will I need activation code for factory install replacement DVD for Dell?
Date Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:50:48 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <k2vtod$mcs$1@reader1.panix.com>,
Mike S. <retsuhcs@xinap.moc> wrote:
>
>More likely than not it will be a Volume License version which is
>locked to the V2.1 SLIC in the Dell BIOS, and will be self-activated upon
>installation on a compatible Dell machine.
>

	AFAIK any official Dell OS CD will install on any Dell computer 
modulo a few high end offerings.

	They install on non-Dells, too, you just have to use the COA on
the bottom :-)


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will I need activation code for factory install replacement DVD for Dell? "Bob" <bob@neverneverland.com> - 2012-09-14 14:23 -0400
  Re: will I need activation code for factory install replacement DVD for Dell? retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) - 2012-09-14 18:41 +0000
    Re: will I need activation code for factory install replacement DVD for Dell? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-09-14 21:50 +0000
  Re: will I need activation code for factory install replacement DVD for Dell? Rajath N <Rajath.N.5j8h6k@no.email.invalid> - 2012-09-19 09:05 -0500
    Re: will I need activation code for factory install replacement DVD for Dell? retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) - 2012-09-21 14:13 +0000

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