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Can anyone help
Xeniczone:
i still don't see why it is illegal the cd is useless with out a product code but w/e.
where did you purcuse your laptop and what company? have you asked them for help.
EDIT: stupid me. I had to reread the post. Yeh they guy that installing it on your laptop didn't want to use the product code on that he had so he probably found one on the internet. Then used a method (I will not mention here because it is illegal to do this) to activate windows without calling microsoft the activation code. If your a windows user and don't like linux use the copy you have dont update it or expect any updates from microsoft using that version and then wait till next year jan. and get windows vista.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Xeniczone ---If your a windows user and don't like linux use the copy you have dont update it or expect any updates from microsoft using that version and then wait till next year jan. and get windows vista.
--- End quote ---
GNU/Linux isn't to only alternative to Windows. There's FreeBSD and the rest of the BSDs, BeOS (kinda dead. But there's the alive Zeta too, and soon there'll be a free haiku) and ReactOS (alpha), and Mac OS X (need a Mac) and more (probably not great though).
Annorax:
--- Quote from: Xeniczone ---i still don't see why it is illegal the cd is useless with out a product code but w/e.
where did you purcuse your laptop and what company? have you asked them for help.
EDIT: stupid me. I had to reread the post. Yeh they guy that installing it on your laptop didn't want to use the product code on that he had so he probably found one on the internet. Then used a method (I will not mention here because it is illegal to do this) to activate windows without calling microsoft the activation code. If your a windows user and don't like linux use the copy you have dont update it or expect any updates from microsoft using that version and then wait till next year jan. and get windows vista.
--- End quote ---
Going without updates is a bad idea as well, because those XP things somehow sense changes in their environment and demand to be activated. Since he doesn't have a legit serial, he's pretty much fuckered when it does that. There are only two viable answers to this problem. One costs $135 and assimilates the laptop, the other costs $0 and liberates it. We can only hope he makes the right choice.
H_TeXMeX_H:
Somehow I feel these people asking for help are not really in need of help. I mean it should be clear by now that the only answer (is answer a english word ... it looks so strange all of a sudden) is to install Linux ... I mean is that too hard to understand/figure out or are people trying to make fun of this ?
Xeniczone:
try looking up ReactOS and use that it runs windows applications but is a free os.
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