okay....I have a very unusual set of questions here....I have two versions of Windows XP Professional Student Edition SP2 & SP3, they don't need to be activated, but I am wondering how I would go about making them OEM's for the EMachine I am currently working on....here are the specs..... T2742 Support Information CPU: Intel® Celeron® 2.70GHz Processor - 128KB L2 cache & 400MHz FSB Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Chipset: Intel® 845GV chipset Memory: 256MB DDR (PC 2100) - Expandable to 1GB Hard Drive: 40GB HDD Optical Drive: DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive (48 × 24x16 × 48); 3.5" 1.44MB FDD Video: Intel® Extreme Graphics 3D - 64MB Shared memory Sound: AC '97 Audio Network: Intel® PRO 10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet Modem: 56K ITU v.92-ready Fax/Modem Peripherals: Standard Multimedia Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified Stereo Speakers Ports/Other: 6 USB 2.0 ports (2 on front), 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 2 PS/2, Audio-In & Out Dimensions: 7.25"W x 14.125"H x 16"D I downloaded a Dell OEM Windows XP Professional SP2 for use as an example of the structure...I do not want to include any of the bloat that OEM's include, but would like to include the logo's etc.... so question is can I use the Student editions because they don't need activated and use the Dell edition as an example of structure and just go through an replace the Dell with the appropriate files from the EMachine versions? does that make any sense? anyone have the EMachine files that I need.....???? Any help would be greatly appreciated, because I am definately in the land of the lost here
Use the Dell OEM CD as recommended above (replace the required files), there are no third party appz (aka bloatware) in the Dell OEM CD. The actual OS install is the same in OEM and VLK discs (ie: XP sp2 OEM/SLP has the same OS install as XP sp2 VLK)...the only real difference between VLK and OEM/SLP is the licensing and logos.