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Thanks for the replies! All useful information.

As pointed out, the OEM license on the (new) laptop cannot be transferred to a different machine. That was the real point of my question. If I install the retail version, then I can at anytime in the future transfer my HDD to a new machine, install the necessary drivers for that machine and continue to run all my existing software on the new machine without having to perform another clean install. That is an option I’d like to have and is not available if I elect to use the OEM version.

And, yes, I am aware of the junk/bloatware installed with the OEM version. And I know how to eliminate any software I don’t want. I don’t view that as a big deal.

Please correct me if any statement made here is erroneous.

Rob

I have downloaded Shrink Pic v1.8 and have been testing by emailing photos to myself.

At first, I thought it was working great but soon discovered that it does not copy/create the exif metadata from the original photo. The result is that some images are displayed incorrectly in landscape orientation rather than the correct portrait orientation. That’s a definite show-stopper for me!

Has anyone else encountered this problem? Hard to believe that Shrink Pic does not copy/create the exif metadata to the created “shrunk” photo.

Feedback welcomed.