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This recent thread (Way of Performing Clean Install of Windows 8 OEM) raises the issue of a marketplace vote for me. It also identifies a number of problems arising because of the way OEM’s (particularly Dell) are installing Win8. The thread, at its most fundamental level, deals with this issue.
Not much really annoys me tech-wise. But, IMO, the system that has been set up by MS/OEM's for installing Win8 is not very customer friendly for those that, for whatever reason, will eventually want to install (i.e., reinstall) Win8 cleanly on their OEM Win8 machines. Potential abuses or not I can't imagine how MS/OEM's can think it is OK not to provide an "out-of-the-box way of conveniently cleanly installing Win8 on an OEM Win8 machine using a properly licensed product key and provided install media (or at worst another product key that can be used to obtain the needed media--assuming that an OEM product key definitely will not work in this context)—without incurring additional cost). I have to admit that I have been sort of out of the loop in regard to Win7 installations because I started with Technet full-install media and eventually bought the needed licenses one way or another. I would feel the same way as expressed above, of course, about OEM Win7 installations done as are the current OEM Win8 installations.
I hope the issue gets well publicized and hurts the sales of OEM Win8 machines--until this issue is resolved in the customer’s favor. In this regard, I am not being vindictive. I just recognize that only the combined monetary-based marketplace votes of all of those feeling as I do have a chance of making a difference. So, personally, I will not even think of being in the market for an OEM Win8 machine until things change. I was toying with the idea of buying one because my old HP Win8 laptop is a bit clunky to use and I enjoy playing with Win8, posting here, etc.
My immediate thought on this matter was that someone needs to devise a reliable/easy means of getting the secreted keys off the OEM machines and legally obtaining “media” that will work with the keys to obtain the desired clean installs—without incurring additional costs. I later learned that some have been able to extract their keys. Still, there may be no way to get the needed media legitimately—and without incurring additional cost. Incidentally, I don’t see anything in the OEM EULA that implies unambiguously that one cannot extract his/her OEM Win-8 product key, although the EULA does say that one cannot “attempt to circumvent technical protection measures in the software” (not sure what all this excerpt is meant to imply).The point I am having issues with is to obtain Windows 8 media to clean install Windows 8 on a machine with Windows 8 OEM preinstalled without buying a second license.
Not much really annoys me tech-wise. But, IMO, the system that has been set up by MS/OEM's for installing Win8 is not very customer friendly for those that, for whatever reason, will eventually want to install (i.e., reinstall) Win8 cleanly on their OEM Win8 machines. Potential abuses or not I can't imagine how MS/OEM's can think it is OK not to provide an "out-of-the-box way of conveniently cleanly installing Win8 on an OEM Win8 machine using a properly licensed product key and provided install media (or at worst another product key that can be used to obtain the needed media--assuming that an OEM product key definitely will not work in this context)—without incurring additional cost). I have to admit that I have been sort of out of the loop in regard to Win7 installations because I started with Technet full-install media and eventually bought the needed licenses one way or another. I would feel the same way as expressed above, of course, about OEM Win7 installations done as are the current OEM Win8 installations.
I hope the issue gets well publicized and hurts the sales of OEM Win8 machines--until this issue is resolved in the customer’s favor. In this regard, I am not being vindictive. I just recognize that only the combined monetary-based marketplace votes of all of those feeling as I do have a chance of making a difference. So, personally, I will not even think of being in the market for an OEM Win8 machine until things change. I was toying with the idea of buying one because my old HP Win8 laptop is a bit clunky to use and I enjoy playing with Win8, posting here, etc.
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