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Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems Recovery

Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems Recovery (Click on the speaker icon at the lower left hand corner of each slide to listen to the audio portion). Calvin Chen. Agenda. Why is Microsoft Doing This? Four OEM Options Available Option One – Do Nothing Option Two – HDD Recovery

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Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems Recovery

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  1. Microsoft Desktop Operating Systems Recovery (Click on the speaker icon at the lower left hand corner of each slide to listen to the audio portion) Calvin Chen

  2. Agenda • Why is Microsoft Doing This? • Four OEM Options Available • Option One – Do Nothing • Option Two – HDD Recovery • Option Three – BIOS Locked CD Recovery • Option Four – DSP CD • Premio’s Schedule • JDE Part Numbers

  3. Why is Microsoft Doing This? • To prevent “casual” piracy of their desktop operating systems (OS) - 98SE, NT 4.0 Workstation, and W2K Pro, and their upcoming Windows Me (Millennium Edition) • Currently, all desktop OS CDs are “open” or “unlocked” • This means the end user can simply take the 98SE CD that ships with a Premio system, and install it onto a Dell, Compaq, or any other PC • Obviously, Microsoft wants to prevent this from happening

  4. Why is Microsoft Doing This? (continued) • Microsoft Applications or Server OS CDs are NOT affected • For Office 2000, Works 2000, NT 4.0/W2K Server, etc., we will continue to ship open CD(s) with each system • Beginning on April 1, 2000, Microsoft will stop manufacturing open desktop OS CDs (THIS APPLIES TO ALL MICROSOFT OEMs, NOT JUST PREMIO) • Purchasing Dept. has stocked extra open CDs ahead of time to get us pass the April 1, 2000 deadline • But once our supply of open desktop OS CDs are depleted, we have the following options…

  5. Four OEM Options Available • Microsoft is giving OEMs four options: • 1 – Do nothing; load the operating system onto the HDD and ship the system without any CD or recovery solution • 2 – Use a HDD based recovery solution • 3 – Ship the system with a BIOS locked CD • 4 – Ship the system with an open DSP CD

  6. Option One (Pros and Cons) • 1 – Do nothing; load the operating system onto the HDD and ship the system out without any CD or recovery solution • For the end users, there is NO PRO for this option! • Premio will not use this option

  7. Option Two (Pros and Cons) • 2 – Use a HDD based recovery solution • Premio will make this option available for 98SE, NT 4.0 Workstation, and W2K Pro • PRO – fast recovery time as compared to a CD based recovery (4 min 14 sec for a HDD recovery as compared to 15 min 15 sec for a CD recovery BASE OS load!) • PRO – allows Premio to custom build the HDD recovery for each sales order; it will take up approximately 450-550MB of HDD space • CON – If the HDD goes bad, the end user must replace the HDD with one that’s preloaded with the OS and HDD recovery

  8. Option Three (Pros and Cons) • 3 – Ship the system with a BIOS locked CD • PRO – If end user HDD crashes, he can simply replace it with a new HDD and reload the OS • CON – CD recovery will only load the BASE OS; any specials drivers that are needed, the end user will have to manually reload • CON – Recovery time is MUCH slower compared to HDD Recovery and requires loading of any special drivers • Remember, THE BIOS LOCKED CD WILL ONLY WORK WITH PREMIO SYSTEMS SOLD AFTER 06/26/2000!

  9. Option Four (Pros and Cons) • 4 – Ship the system with a DSP (open) CD • PRO – This is an open CD, which you can install in any system • CON – The cost of a DSP CD is more expensive

  10. Our Schedule • Our target date for receiving the 98SE BIOS locked CDs is 07/01/2000 • Beginning on Mon 06/26/2000, we will move to the HDD recovery solution for both 98SE and NT 4.0 Workstation • For W2K Pro, we will continue using our HDD recovery solution, which we already have in place • We will develop BIOS locked CD solutions for NT 4.0 and W2K Pro; target launch is middle of July 2000

  11. JDE Part Numbers • For reference, here are the JDE part numbers for each OS recovery solution: • 98SE BIOS Locked CD – 689701 • 98SE HDD Recovery – 688701 • 98SE BIOS Locked CD AND HDD Recovery – 687701 • 98SE DSP CD – 680834 • NT 4.0 WS BIOS Locked CD – 689702 (in development) • NT 4.0 WS HDD Recovery – 688702 • NT 4.0 WS BIOS Locked CD AND HDD Recovery – 687702 • NT 4.0 WS DSP CD – 680862 • W2K Pro BIOS Locked CD – In development • W2K Pro HDD Recovery – 689853 • W2K Pro DSP CD – 680855

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