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1181311 2011-02-25 05:05:00 The names Bond, MicroBond. Licenced to cost

I wonder what kind of theme music he has...
Cato (6936)
1181312 2011-02-25 08:33:00 nothing, he wonders why he invested his time before realising he could have been working for apple only to be hated for generations instead of microsoft. hated when there are problems.

You could try windows 7 home edtn, that has pretty much everything you would normally need.
The Error Guy (14052)
1181313 2011-02-26 07:20:00 Using illegal programs sooner or later will come back to bite ya where you sit one way or another :D

And sometimes even if you purchase something you will get bitten anyway... clearly his reason for wanting to get a legit version is not because it doesn't work... :lol:
Agent_24 (57)
1181314 2011-02-26 09:30:00 And sometimes even if you purchase something you will get bitten anyway... clearly his reason for wanting to get a legit version is not because it doesn't work... :lol: Yeah that happens :D

But at leeast if a person has legal copy of what ever software, you can ring up and jump up and down - If its illegal -- I can just see the conversation:

Person calling: Hey my pirated copy of <insert Software> isn't working.
Microsoft : :lol:
wainuitech (129)
1181315 2011-02-26 10:05:00 I'll be interested to know what happens when they fully drop support for XP, will they take down the activation servers too?

What happens if you try to activate your old XP? Will they say too bad? I'm glad there are other ways around it if that ever happens...

This is why I never like online activation things. If the company goes bust or for whatever reason are unable to provide the activation what happens? Sure they may be able to write their own program to get around that but if they went broke they may not bother.

I much prefer software which just needs a CD-key, you can install it and use it no matter what the circumstance or date.
Agent_24 (57)
1181316 2011-02-26 18:45:00 I'll be interested to know what happens when they fully drop support for XP, will they take down the activation servers too?

Or just let every copy activate?
pcuser42 (130)
1181317 2011-02-26 19:42:00 - If its illegal -- I can just see the conversation:

Person calling: Hey my pirated copy of <insert Software> isn't working .
Microsoft : :lol:

Actually that happens with legit copies too . . . . . . . .
pctek (84)
1181318 2011-02-26 20:54:00 Or just let every copy activate?

How would that happen if the server was down?
Agent_24 (57)
1181319 2011-02-26 21:11:00 I suspect the same servers that activate XP will do all other versions of Windows as well.
What it will mean is when End support rolls around for XP in April 2014, there simply wont be any more updates available. The Mainstream Support has already ended in 2009, so its only security updates currently working.
wainuitech (129)
1181320 2011-02-26 23:25:00 I also hate when an old product is not supported.
I got an old copy of paragon partition manager from an old magazine disk. I followed the url to the website and it said the promotion had expired. :crying
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