Re: XP
From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/28/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:32:13 -0600
While you are throwing blame, you should pass some to the pirates,
both casual and deliberate.
Without the pirates, WPA most likely would not exist.
Microsoft has created WPA to help protect its own interests form those
thieves.
Much of the rest of your rant is based more on paranoia and fiction
mostly spread by the ignorant and Microsoft haters.
It is difficult to tell what you believe is serious or fantasy.
Hopefully you do not believe in "new-world robocop" as well.
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "tooly" <rdh11@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:DRJNc.26668$QO.6264@bignews5.bellsouth.net... > Ghost was priced at $150+ if I'm not mistaken. See, it's all about bleeding > turnips...namely ME. It's much harder than I'm making it out to be...for > me. You guys know that the next thing will be 'subscriptions' to keep the > latest OS activation on a yearly basis, like the Virus companies are now > doing. I used to defend Microsoft...thought they were getting a bad rap in > these anti-trust lawsuits. But then they came out with XP and what I see as > gestapo-like tactics, peering over peoples shoulders, looking into their > very homes [technically] like that new-world robocop I mentioned before. > The world, led by moguls like the 2000 plus millionaires with MS, bodes ill > for the little guy...the home user is now being held to 'corporate' > accountability. Computers used to be a hobby...fun...but now, greed once > again stifles human existence [except for those with the bucks of course]. > Gates is now no better than the street drug pusher...always upping the ante > as the addiction sinks in more and more. We are being herded like cows > now... > > In spite of this venom I carry for the moguls of the PC corporate world > these days, I do appreciate any help offered here. I'll retire from my > flaming now...but it's not right what they do. I feel this to my bones. If > Linux doesn't surge in popularity due to Gate's horrible policies, I'll be > shocked. EVen if the product itself is impeccible [and XP is a great > improvement functionally in many ways...just not this tracking crap], if the > company itself is 'hated' by the population, it can still be hurt. Most I > know 'want' to go to Linux, but the world still revolves around Microsoft... > > "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message > news:u6JjQPDdEHA.3664@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > > While not allowed on 2 computers simultaneously, Windows has no way of > > knowing. > > If you are required to call for activation, just give the facts and > > there should be no problem. > > > > As far as imaging, you need a 3rd party application such as: > > http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/ > > > > It is all really easier than you are making it to be. > > > > -- > > Jupiter Jones [MVP] > > http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ > > > > > > "tooly" <rdh11@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > > news:P7vNc.21316$%S4.8992@bignews1.bellsouth.net... > > > > > > "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message > > > Well, I do appreciate your help though. :) > > > > > > See, I thought 'activation' logged mobo ID with the software ID > > somewhere in > > > Gate's 'crimestoppers internet database' or whatever. Like DNA > > residuals, I > > > could not go on with my dastardly 'crimes against humanity' without > > leaving > > > 'evidence' where he could 'hunt me down' like a rat in a sewer hole. > > > > > > All I want to do is transfer over to a new mobo...but here's another > > > conundrum. If I use my retail copy of XPupgrade to install the new > > > mobo...the easy way would be to 'temporarily' connect to the LAN I > > have and > > > transfer all 'old datafiles' over from the old....but noooo. See, > > the > > > instant I've loaded up the 'new', the old is no longer > > useable...right? XP > > > makes things very problematic for ME and my lifestyle, which is very > > simple. > > > Ultimately, I want to reformat the old hard drive...but I need to > > > temporarily have them both operating until all data is safe. > > > > > > 1)will XP tolerate two versions of itself (same ID) on two systems > > > 'temporarily' while I transfer files? > > > 2)how do I make an 'image copy' of my old hard disk if the first > > option is > > > not an option? > > > [I have about 30gigs on another lan machine where I might make an > > image...I > > > think anyway]. But that's XP too [no, another retail upgrade, not > > the same > > > ID as first version]; will it robocop me in some way too? > > > > > > I know all this is easy for veterans, but XP's copy protection is > > just a > > > headache for me. I'm not a thief. > > > I really do feel like Microsoft is in the 'room' with me, watching > > over my > > > back...they are invading my privacy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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