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   As far as I know, yes.  I can't say for sure if this is the same for Vista   
   installs, but I know ALL Win XP CDs are this way.  I guess they figure that   
   they don't need to make people enter a CD key since the CDs are locked to a   
   given model of PC anyway.  They will only install on the PC that they came   
   with, or a similar model, but certainly only on a DELL machine...   
      
      
   "Daave"  wrote in message   
   news:eEIi7x1AIHA.4836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...   
   > FeMaster wrote:   
   >> "Daave"  wrote in message   
   >> news:ufo9eBtAIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...   
   >>> As long as you don't   
   >>> have a royalty OEM like Dell (which uses a different key for the   
   >>> original install), you should be fine.   
   >>   
   >> If he has a Dell OEM install CD, he won't even need a CD key.  Just   
   >> install it.  It never asks for a key...   
   >   
   > I forgot he had the disk. (For some reason, I was thinking he only had   
   > access to a generic OEM disk, but after re-reading the post, he   
   > definitely has the original disk!)   
   >   
   > Are *all* Dell OEM installation disks this way? I know mine is.   
   >   
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