Introduction to the correct authorization method of Win8

Respect for intellectual property is everyone's responsibility. Now we introduce the licensing method of Microsoft desktop products (ie Windows products); first introduce the several forms of Microsoft software products in the Chinese market:

1. COEM, OEM (random pre-installation class) Products)

Second, MOLP (Open Licensed Licensed Products)

Three, FPP (Color Pack Products)

Four, ESD (Electronic Distribution Version, after Windows 8 is released) Unique product form)

Contents and characteristics of their respective product forms

1. Random pre-installed products

For Windows random pre-installed products, there will be COEM (Certificate Original Equipment Manufactures) And OEM two forms, as the name suggests, random pre-installed products must follow the existence of the computer, these two products will be bound to the computer motherboard, not portable, if the computer is damaged, the software products are also randomly disappeared. The advantages of these two products are that they are extremely inexpensive and can be downgraded, but only down to two levels, that is, Windows 7 can be downgraded to Windows xp, and Windows 8 can be downgraded to Windows Vista. The difference between OEM and COEM is that the OEM is pre-installed on the computer hard disk by the computer manufacturer. The customer can obtain the hardware product and cannot purchase it separately. The COEM product can be purchased separately, but the condition must be purchased with the new computer. If the purchase of a COEM product is installed on a computer that has already been used, although the software can be activated, from the perspective of authorization, this practice will be regarded as a wrong authorization, that is, the software is pirated.

Note: After purchasing these two products, please remember to protect the COA (Certificate of Authenticity) genuine certificate label

(COA genuine label)

Second, MOLP (Microsoft Open License Pack)

This product form is Microsoft's largest sales form, suitable for users who purchase a large number of Microsoft products, especially enterprise users, the minimum of 5 sets, Its main features are:

1, the product is permanent;

2, its authorization is always authorized according to the product line, that is, to buy Windows products, now buy Windows 8, but you can downgrade To any version of Windows 8 before, such as Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 98, etc.,

3, can be used for transfer (except for the Windows product line, this is not very good )

4. Convenient management. When purchasing software products in this product form, customers will be able to log in to the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center to manage all software purchased by the enterprise, including viewing authorization information, image download, and confidentiality. Key management and other work, to avoid the number of boxed products Difficult to manage the face.

(Batch Licensing Service Center Interface)

5, MOLP includes GGS, EA, WEEA, Open, Select Plus, Open Value, etc. How to buy, here I want to explain is the GGS (Get GenuineSolution) purchase method, GGS is Microsoft's software solution based on China's large number of Microsoft pirated software, this solution is only for the Windows product line. Authorization, for the price, Microsoft has a global pricing strategy, but the price of GGS will be much lower than its standard price. And GGS is a full version of the license, and the purchase agreement such as EA is an upgraded version of the license, the purchase of the upgraded version of the license must first have a full version of the license.

3. FPP (Color Pack)

This product form is a boxed full version of the licensed product on the market. The boxed content is basically the same as the COEM product, but the packaging is more beautiful. Its characteristics are that it can be used for transfer, but there is no permission to downgrade. However, the price of such products is relatively high, and personally feel that it is not very cost-effective;

4, ESD (ElectronicSoftware Download)

Because COEM product line is not well managed, there are many market fakes, Win8 products are cancelled. COEM and FPP product lines (so everyone can see all the Windows 8 boxed products in the market is absolutely fake), and because individual users will not buy products through MOLP, Microsoft has launched ESD products. That is, the customer purchases the software product online through the Microsoft official store. Its characteristics are basically the same as those of FPP. It cannot be downgraded and can be used for transfer. However, the difference is that ESD does not have CD media and packaging, and such software license belongs to the upgrade license. FPP belongs to the full version of the license, that is, FPP is legally installed and used on bare metal, and ESD is installed on the bare machine for wrong authorization. Therefore, the purchase of ESD products must require the client computer to have the legal full version license of Win7 or XP.

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