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Factory OEM PC's like Dell, HP Acer etc embed a SLIC table in the BIOS. If you have the matching OEM-SLP install media it will activate against the SLIC table. That custom install media usually also has a $OEM$ folder in the sources folder. The OEM branding you see on the System screen plus other OEM stuff is in there. I build my own custom $OEM$ folders for each PC to add the OEM info during the install. I enter the product codes with a PID.txt file for my homebuilt desktop PC's. Windows 7 uses OA2.1 and Windows 8 uses OA3.0, OA standing for Oem Activation. Windows 8 won't read or use the Windows 7 BIOS SLIC table. It's embedded code is in a different part of the BIOS. In the XP days you'd get disks with the PC and those would be custom OEM disks with the OEM branding. If you use a normal store bought XP or Windows 7 DVD on an OEM PC it will not read the SLIC table and prompt for a product code. You won't get any of the custom branding either. Microsoft changed that for Windows 8. Now all DVD's ( even store bought Retail disks) look for the embedded code. You won't get the branding but at least it will read your code and activate automatically if you have an OEM embedded code in your BIOS.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
- Memory
- 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
- Sound Card
- VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
- PSU
- Thermaltake TR 620
- Case
- Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
- Cooling
- Stock heatsink fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
- Mouse
- Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
- Internet Speed
- 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Other Info
- HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2