Re: Can I upgrade from XP to Win2K?
From: KMS - Brett Anderson (gotomysiteto_at_emailme.com)
Date: 03/13/04
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Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:39:02 -0500
Warranty?!?!?!?! HAH!
It's an IBM.
What a friggin joke. IBM laptop warranty is voided if you buy the machine.
Leave it on the store shelf, it's got a good warranty. Buy it, warranty
voided. Common response from IBM warranty reps, "F*CK YOU"
Machine is an IBM R40 laptop. IBM has told me there is NO warranty on
software issues if I *dare* to load something they didn't supply (which is
anything useful).
IBM tech support said I have a virus(in regards to machine shutting off,
hard restart, for no reason). They couldn't name the virus, or tell me
anything else about it, but it *obviously wasn't a problem with *their*
machine, or this garbage called XP.
Oh, and their "software" warranty, on OEM installed software, runs out after
30 days. Nice! 35 days into ownership, the mouse driver decided to ignore
all settings. No help from IBM. I used to live in NY, and pitied the
thousands of unemployed EX IBM employees. By now, I'd be glad to see the
currently employed IBM employees rotting in hell beside them. LONG LIVE
JAPAN!
I have added no hardware to the machine. I've loaded all *FULL*, *LEGAL*
versions of software that was not preloaded, and I've had nothing but
headaches.
That rules out hardware problems (that I also never experienced with the
superior OS), so it appears I'm left with the tedious task of doing a clean
install of a useable OS, along with reloading and recovering all the
applicable software and user files.
Oh well. The penalty we pay for using MS products........
Oh, and before all the MS reps on this group hop in with their biased
positions, I've tried all the relevant MS Usenet groups with the problems
I've had, and not gotten a single response. Implying, of course, that there
is no fix for the problems I have, other than a more reliable OS.
Comments?
Brett Anderson
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
news:10555tdhn5gi5f6@corp.supernews.com...
> Greetings --
>
> If you're having so much trouble with a brand new OEM
> installation, you really should contact the PC's manufacturer for some
> warranty support. And Win2K is just as likely to be as vulnerable to
> whatever underlying hardware problems are causing your current
> troubles. (Not to mention the fact that changing the OS on an OEM
> machine often voids the warranty.)
>
> Bruce Chambers
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> "KMS - Brett Anderson" <gotomysiteto@emailme.com> wrote in message
> news:uqWSL3KCEHA.3852@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks for the info.
> >
> > Given my experience with XP over the last 2.5 months, I have to
> > disagree on
> > the downgrade part.
> >
> > Can't get IIS working. Can't get FPSE working. Can't get the mouse
> > drivers
> > to work correctly. Constantly crashing. Constantly shutting down
> > the
> > computer without prompting.
> >
> > All with an untouched OEM install.
> >
> > Currently, XP is costing me between $500 and $1000 per week in lost
> > sales
> > due to it's refusal to follow instructions. Time to cut my losses
> > and go to
> > a proven stable OS. It's either Win2K or Unix. Yeah, I know Unix
> > is 10,000
> > times better, but I don't "know" it, so the learning curve will be
> > too
> > expensive.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Brett Anderson
> >
> >
>
>
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