Windows Genuine Advantage Validation tool

I have a Lenovo laptop R61, purchased in June/08 with Windows XP Pro installed.  Going to system information, it gives the Windows version I have, registered to me, and then numbers with the letters OEM in the series.  Sorry if this is a dumb question and I know I should certainly expect a genuine version of windows to come from the factory, but I just want to make sure before I install this validation tool.  Is this version of Windows that I have, this "OEM" version, going to be OK with this validation tool?  (I'm not really sure what the term OEM means either, so if someone could explain, that would be great.)  Thanks!   And where would I find the license key number for this operating system?  Is that the number that shows up on the System Information window?  The numbers with OEM in it?  On an old Windows 98 machine I used to have, it came with a book and the license number for the Windows 98 OS was on a sticker on the front or back of that book, and the number/letter combination didn't look anything like this.  
Message Edited by Amethyst on 12-19-2008 10:06 AM
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Amethyst wrote:
I mean, I'm pretty sure Lenovo would use licensed software, but I am just being extra careful here.
Welcome to the forum! 
OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer.  Manufacturers like Lenovo don't buy individual copies of Windows to load on new systems.  Instead, they have a contract with Microsoft to pre-load OEM-licensed Windows on new systems.
Your system is running a pre-validated, legal OEM copy of Windows, and it does not need to be validated again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer
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