, 2004-05-24
Denying XP pirates the SP2 upgrade would hurt the Internet to protect Microsoft's bottom line.
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I got an even better idea: Wipe the drives:
2004-05-26
Penguinisto (3 replies)
Penguinisto (3 replies)
Weighing Profits against Peril Viral attackVIA invalid serial propigation
2004-05-28
Devious (1 replies)
Devious (1 replies)
All have an OEM copy of Windows XP (Home & Pro), and yet the Mircoshaft site tells me that ALL of our machines are NOT genuine windows products, this includes the lap tops which all have factory preinstalled software on them.
So now I am in a position where I must buy a copy of XP with a licence from Microsoft or from another outlet.
So now, if I want to update I'll have to spend almost £200 so I can update.
As it stands, I don't think I'll bother. Why should I? I've spent a small fortune on several computers, all with, (what I believe to be), a genuine OEM copy of Windows XP Home/Professional on them because that software came preinstalled on the machines I bought.
Asking Microsoft for help on this doesn't work, their "advice" is to return to the vendor. IPC who make one of the laptops say this is a Microsoft issue and I should seek support from them.
Toshiba say the same thing. They say this because the computers are out of warranty and there are no hardware issues involved, the problem is specifically software related.
I cannot go back to the person who built my machines for me because his shop is now empty and I haven't a clue what his home address is. So I'm completely stuck for any sort of support on this issue.
So thank you Microsoft for shafting me and everyone else out there with OEM copies of your software who can't update or even upgrade their machines.
I do understand that pirate software is an issue, but at the end of the day, it seems the WGA tool doesn't always recognise genuine copies of Windows XP.
I wonder if Microsoft have thought of the impact of what they are doing? I'm currently arranging for all my machines to be formatted and installed with Linux so get away from this problem. I wonder how many others will decide to put an alternative OS onto their system?
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