Mike Brannigan
"##Alias##" <aka@masked&anonymous.ec> wrote in message
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> Mike Brannigan wrote:[color=green]
>> "Munchichic" <Munchichic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7603593E-14EB-4C8F-BCEE-DB8A4456BB24@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> Hi Everyone. I realize this may be a "touchy" subject but I need to ask.
>>> After a massive computer failure I just bought a new Dell XPS 420
>>> desktop PC.
>>> My first Dell purchase. It came preloaded with Microsoft Vista Home
>>> Premium.
>>> I asked Dell for an original Microsoft installation CD as a backup. They
>>> refused. I have several friends and relatives who purchased Dell
>>> computers
>>> and many of them requested the same disc from Dell and received it
>>> without
>>> incident (some within the last 2 months). I think I should be entitled
>>> to a
>>> copy of the installation CD and not one that is from Dell preloaded with
>>> a
>>> bunch of Dell crap on it. Why can't I receive an original Windows CD
>>> like
>>> everyone else has requested? Am I asking the wrong person? What am I
>>> doing
>>> wrong? Any help is appreciated. I just spent $1000 on this new computer
>>> and
>>> think that should entitle me to the Windows OS disc (and I expect it
>>> will
>>> have the same product key that was used to install on my new Dell).
>>> Thank you.[/color]
>>
>> Dell have done nothing wrong.[/color]
>
> Of course not, ripping people off as long as Microsoft approves it is just
> fine and dandy.
>
> Snip long winded justification for the rip off.
>
> Alias[/color]

Where's the rip off?
The buyer of a Dell PC gets a machine preinstalled with Windows and whatever
else Dell want to put on there.
And then they provide you with a method to get it back to just as you bought
it.
No one is promised anything else. What else do you expect and why ?
And in particular why do you think you need or should have anything more
then to get the machine back to exactly as how you got it when you ordered
it ?
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Mike Brannigan