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Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
Hi,
recently purchased T61 and it has recovery partition deleted. I have Dell OEM installation media, would it work straight up, or could I implement my license code to it?
recently purchased T61 and it has recovery partition deleted. I have Dell OEM installation media, would it work straight up, or could I implement my license code to it?
T40 -> T40 -> T40 -> T41 -> X40 -> X41 -> T40 -> X60 -> X30 -> R40 -> T61
Re: Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
Yippee, activation worked, had to only change the product key.
T40 -> T40 -> T40 -> T41 -> X40 -> X41 -> T40 -> X60 -> X30 -> R40 -> T61
Re: Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
You can make a custom DVD for future use where the key is already changed, check out vLite (nLite for Vista), you can add Multiple certificates to $OEM$\$$\SYSTEM32\OEM folder so it will work for your Dell, IBM, and most other systems you have.
(2)701C,(1)760EL,(6)760XL,(1)760XD
(4)CD Drives (5)int floppies (3)ext floppy (4)2.1GB
(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
(4)CD Drives (5)int floppies (3)ext floppy (4)2.1GB
(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
Re: Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
you actually got a Dell OEM disc to work on your Thinkpad? Whenever I've tried using a Dell OEM Windows (re) install disc, it only wanted to work on a Dell machine, and a machine close to the exact model at that.....
T42 (type 2373)
T43 (type 2668) x2
T60 (type 2007)
T43 (type 2668) x2
T60 (type 2007)
Re: Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
The key difference would be restore media versus oem install media.
(2)701C,(1)760EL,(6)760XL,(1)760XD
(4)CD Drives (5)int floppies (3)ext floppy (4)2.1GB
(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
(4)CD Drives (5)int floppies (3)ext floppy (4)2.1GB
(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
Re: Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
Dell discs nearly always work on any machine but the product key will only successfully activate on a Dell machine. So you'd get Windows installed but you'd have to change the product key if you're not on a Dell to get it activated.
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Re: Will Dell OEM Vista Business DVD work with IBM?
Dell has not had that restriction for years, the last Dell disc I saw do that was Win2KEasy Wind wrote:you actually got a Dell OEM disc to work on your Thinkpad? Whenever I've tried using a Dell OEM Windows (re) install disc, it only wanted to work on a Dell machine, and a machine close to the exact model at that.....
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