Is the entire DVD on w7-pro-oemx32 available for download?

[Paul]

Awesome! Thank you!

Problem: I can not tell if the links are for the retail or the oem. I
need the oem. Can you tell what they are?

Many thanks,
-T

I thought those were retail ???

There is a thread here, where a guy installs using x17-24209 and all
he needed to do, was activate. You wouldn't expect a retail installer
DVD to automatically activate like the OEM on a laptop might. I'm
really surprised that works. Since the poster here, erased his
SSD before installing, it wasn't really a repair install as such.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/25799-63-install-win7-notebook-with

Paul

 

[Char Jackson]

Awesome! Thank you!

Problem: I can not tell if the links are for the retail or the oem. I
need the oem. Can you tell what they are?

My understanding is that OEM versions are customized by the respective
OEMs, and therefore OEM versions are only available directly from the
respective OEMs.

The download links provided above are for retail versions.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

My understanding is that OEM versions are customized by the
respective
OEMs, and therefore OEM versions are only available directly from
the
respective OEMs.

They can be (or, at least MS used to allow this, I suppose they still
do) but there are also unbranded OEM media provided directly from
Microsoft that are no different from retail versions except for the
EULA and activation codes.

The download links provided above are for retail versions.

Indeed they are, though I doubt that will matter for the OP's
purposes. Or perhaps it does, I've never verified that you can use
Retail media to repair an OEM Windows 7 install, though I have on
earlier Windows versions.

--
Zaphod

Arthur Dent, speaking to Trillian about Zaphod:
"So, two heads is what does it for a girl?"
"...Anything else he's got two of?"

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Awesome! Thank you!

Problem: I can not tell if the links are for the retail or the oem.
I
need the oem. Can you tell what they are?

They are Retail as far as I know, but that might not make a difference
given that you are attempting a repair. Probably won't hurt to try,
I'd expect Windows to put up a warning / error if it doesn't like what
it sees (though I'd probably pull a system image before trying, just
to be safe).

--
Zaphod

Arthur: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's
something big and sinister going on in the world.
Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the
universe gets that.

 

[G. Morgan]

Any idea if I can download the official ISO of W7-pro-x32 OEM
from M$? (I don't trust hacker sites.)

Yes, subscribers can.

You can also get the bits for free:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495

Select the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day Trial you want to download

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If you declare war on the United States and you want to kill us,
We're going to kill you first, period."

October 19, 2011 - Ali Soufan (Colbert Report)

 

[Dominique]

"Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[email protected]> écrivait

As I recall, slipstreaming Service Packs into Windows Vista and later
isn't as easy as XP was, and isn't officially supported by Microsoft
so unless things have changed this might not be a good option. I'd
suggest downloading one with SP1 integrated from Digital River,
Microsoft's official e-Commerce partner. You can find links in the
article here:
http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/download-windows-7-iso-official-direct- download-links/

I did slipstream SP1 to a retail-upgrade DVD of Win7 Home Premium using
this: http://www.vlite.net/

No trouble at all.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

"Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[email protected]> écrivait



I did slipstream SP1 to a retail-upgrade DVD of Win7 Home Premium
using
this: http://www.vlite.net/

No trouble at all.

Vlite's process is not supported by Microsoft, and it leaves "tracks"
behind - what you end up with is not the same as an actual SP1 DVD, so
I have no way of knowing if that produces a DVD that is capable of
performing an in-place repair for the OP. So even though the process
might be easier now, it still has issues that would prevent me from
using it. But of course, each must make their own choices.

 

[Dominique]

Vlite's process is not supported by Microsoft, and it leaves "tracks"
behind - what you end up with is not the same as an actual SP1 DVD, so
I have no way of knowing if that produces a DVD that is capable of
performing an in-place repair for the OP. So even though the process
might be easier now, it still has issues that would prevent me from
using it. But of course, each must make their own choices.

I did a clean install with that disk, seems to work so far.

 

[blank]

(I am in training mode.)

Don't fret or apologise. We are all of us permanently in Training Mode, to a
greater or lesser extent!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

(I am in training mode.)

Don't fret or apologise. We are all of us permanently in Training Mode, to a
greater or lesser extent!

I suspect he was *bragging*, not fretting or apologizing

Been there myself, felt that way.