Dell no longer provides Vista Product Keys?

So who brokered that deal?
I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows over?

Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote:

>So who brokered that deal?
>I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
>I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows over?

WTF are you whining about? OEMs have long been providing only a
recovery partition, or optical recovery media, rather than a standard
installation disc.

This is nothing new.

Bill Daggett wrote:
> Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote:
>
>> So who brokered that deal?
>> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
>> I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows over?
>
> WTF are you whining about? OEMs have long been providing only a
> recovery partition, or optical recovery media, rather than a standard
> installation disc.
>
> This is nothing new.

No, jackass. Where is the product key?

"Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote in message
news:...
> Bill Daggett wrote:
>> Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote:
>>
>>> So who brokered that deal?
>>> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
>>> I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>>> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows
>>> over?
>>
>> WTF are you whining about? OEMs have long been providing only a
>> recovery partition, or optical recovery media, rather than a standard
>> installation disc.
>>
>> This is nothing new.
>
> No, jackass. Where is the product key?

Did you try opening the battery lid?

"Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote in message
news:...
> Bill Daggett wrote:
>> Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote:
>>
>>> So who brokered that deal?
>>> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
>>> I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>>> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows
>>> over?
>>
>> WTF are you whining about? OEMs have long been providing only a
>> recovery partition, or optical recovery media, rather than a standard
>> installation disc.
>>
>> This is nothing new.
>
> No, jackass. Where is the product key?

Just because you can't bloody find it does not make your subject header
true! It will be most likely be either on the bottom of the cover for the
battery or inside the battery case.

Camper

"Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote in message
news:...
> Bill Daggett wrote:
>> Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote:
>>
>>> So who brokered that deal?
>>> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
>>> I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>>> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows
>>> over?
>>
>> WTF are you whining about? OEMs have long been providing only a
>> recovery partition, or optical recovery media, rather than a standard
>> installation disc.
>>
>> This is nothing new.
>
> No, jackass. Where is the product key?

If it's OEM, should be on the computer casing.

Moron.

"Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote in message
news:%...
> So who brokered that deal?
> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because I
> have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows
> over?

"Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote in message
news:...
> Bill Daggett wrote:
>> Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote:
>>
>>> So who brokered that deal?
>>> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
>>> I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>>> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows
>>> over?
>>
>> WTF are you whining about? OEMs have long been providing only a
>> recovery partition, or optical recovery media, rather than a standard
>> installation disc.
>>
>> This is nothing new.
>
> No, jackass. Where is the product key?

If it came with the OS already installed and no disks, it most likely has a
partition for restoring, an option to create disks, and a product key on a
sticker somewhere on the machine.
If you buy the OS separate the product key should be in the box with the OS.
Some PCs still come with disks to install an OS and/or drivers, but for most
the days of selling PCs with disks is pretty much over. If the OS on your
disk goes bad you should be able to restore it from the recovery partition.
If the recovery partition goes bad you better hope you created your own
disks. I need to burn some myself yet since my new PC didn't come with
disks. Some give you an option of what disks to create. I checked an old
HP purchased from Best Buy several years ago and it has an option to burn
about 11 CDs or 2 DVDs.

Alpha wrote:
> Moron.
>
> "Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> So who brokered that deal?
>> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't
>> because I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows
>> over?
>

Yeah, only an idiot would want to reinstall Windows the standard way -
without using OEM specific and spyware infested junk.
What was I thinking?

Eric wrote:
> "Justin" <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Bill Daggett wrote:
>>> Justin <Justin@nobecauseihatespam> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So who brokered that deal?
>>>> I have a Studio Laptop I was going to reinstall the OS but can't because
>>>> I have to wait for the owner to get me the Dell DVDs.
>>>> So how does that work? Are the days of clean installations of Windows
>>>> over?
>>> WTF are you whining about? OEMs have long been providing only a
>>> recovery partition, or optical recovery media, rather than a standard
>>> installation disc.
>>>
>>> This is nothing new.
>> No, jackass. Where is the product key?
>
> If it came with the OS already installed and no disks, it most likely has a
> partition for restoring, an option to create disks, and a product key on a
> sticker somewhere on the machine.
> If you buy the OS separate the product key should be in the box with the OS.
> Some PCs still come with disks to install an OS and/or drivers, but for most
> the days of selling PCs with disks is pretty much over. If the OS on your
> disk goes bad you should be able to restore it from the recovery partition.
> If the recovery partition goes bad you better hope you created your own
> disks. I need to burn some myself yet since my new PC didn't come with
> disks. Some give you an option of what disks to create. I checked an old
> HP purchased from Best Buy several years ago and it has an option to burn
> about 11 CDs or 2 DVDs.
>
>

I serviced an HP which was the same way - the Windows key was still on
the bottom of the machine.
I broke the law by using a normal Vista DVD and reinstalled using that
key and didn't bother using the useless restore partition.
However I did make the DVDs and I keep them handy so when the next
customer comes in without their DVDs I'll have the apps.