Re: possible piracy
- From: violet <violet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:40:02 -0700
The charge was $75.....invoice stated uninstall & reinstall system. He also
had me purchase McAfee Security for $70. I found out this was for him to
protect my pc when he went online to download the updates. He installed the
PRO version instead of the Home version. It was an OEM copy. He never
mentioned "upgrading". He had someone who didn't know much about computers &
thought he could make a quick buck!
"Mark Ritchie" wrote:
Out of curiosity what did the tech charge you for his services? Did he have.
an actual copy of Windows XP on his invoice or was it something like Wipe
and Reload?
I know alot of little shops do things like this, upgrade you to Windows XP
because they don't want to take the time to find drivers when they reload
windows ME. Using a Pirate copy of windows is still no way to do business,
but alot of shops like these do it to make money and save time, and they
actually try to save the client money as well(clearly you can see it doesn't
save anyone any time or money lol)
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"violet" <violet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If he pays the full amount by the deadline date, it will be just under 5
mons. since I started legal action against him. Considering how slow the
legal system is, I don't think that is too bad. What I don't understand is
why the police or microsoft hasn't done anything. Microsoft will not give
you
any information on their investigation & the police want more than one
incident. If they have one case, I would think that would be enough. How
many
banks do they have to know you robbed to arrest you?
So........if ANYONE has been pirated....go to the local authorities. If
you
don't, you could be letting the person continue breaking the law & in my
case, preventing them from prosecuting.
"Leythos" wrote:
In article <821CF3E5-84BB-4269-94F1-0512CCD64A46@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
violet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
UPDATE - The repairman paid another 1/3 for the small claims case I
won. The
Deputy had to go to his residence & request it this time (he waited
while the
guy went to his ATM...God bless him!) His shop is closed, but he is
working
out of his home.
That's wonderful news, it's only disappointing that the case has taken
so long and been so much trouble for you. This is a prime example of how
WGA does work and how users/owners can get back at pirates and unethical
vendors.
It seems that the system DOES work.
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