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533258 2007-03-17 06:08:00 [Edit: spam removed. Please read the forum rules to which you agreed to] Binary_bandit (9508)
533259 2007-03-17 11:14:00 [Edited]
For all of your computing needs

Hmmm ...Your website?
Stuff all on it ...
Certainly no Legit version of 'Win 2K Pro'
I'll pay $NZ150 for a 'Virgin Full Retail' of the O/S
That should excite SOMEONE :thumbs:
DUNK (1527)
533260 2007-03-18 03:18:00 Hi Folks ...
Anyone know where I can buy a legit copy of "Windows 2000 Professional"
Think I need the 'Full Retail' version not Interested in the 'OEM' or an 'Update' version. New & sealed package would be nice too, but anything that's guaranteed to work would do the trick ...Must have the number thingee of course!. Running 98SE (update) at present. Want to run 'Google Earth' Needs 2000 (At least) & XP won't fit. The 'rock & the Hard Place' Problem !
Thanks in advance.
Regards to all. :)


I don't think there is much difference between the OEM version and the retail version, with windows 2000. It doesn't need to be activated unlike window XP. One of the things that makes win2000 quite valuable, and is why you won't pick up a copy for only $10, is that you can upgrade from win 2000 to vista, and only pay the vista upgrade price. This can make a vista purchase relatively cheap if you have already got win2000.
rogerp (6864)
533261 2007-03-18 14:31:00 New, genuine Win 2000 here (http://www.itserve.co.nz/) with others back to 98 SE, but be sitting down before you go to the OS page. R2x1 (4628)
533262 2007-03-19 14:05:00 [QUOTE=R2x1;534964[ be sitting down before you go to the OS page.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for that. I see what you mean.
What a rip off. And it's only an OEM!
Now ...About the OEM version. If I buy one. & it's 2nd hand, who's to know
if it had been 'activated' or not. Apart from ME when I install it! Would it run, or say 'go away'. Have heard that OEM's will only run on the systems that they were shipped with. Am I wrong in this assumption?
Regarding 'updates' This machine came with 98 with an 'update' CD to 98SE, which it runs now. It's a Compaq, so, it's fraught with 'issues' don't want to add to those 'issues' by adding another update to it.
Thanks to all for bearing with me.
Regards. :confused:
DUNK (1527)
533263 2007-03-19 14:24:00 About the OEM version. If I buy one. & it's 2nd hand, who's to know
if it had been 'activated' or not.2K doesn't require activation like XP.
Greg (193)
533264 2007-03-19 21:17:00 If your computer cant handle XP, what makes you think it will be any good at google earth? It IS a 3D app. Ripdog (11014)
533265 2007-03-20 07:34:00 what else do you run on the computer, win2000 is really a business app and you may run into all sorts of problems with other applications, is win XP really such a stretch? devo (6058)
533266 2007-03-20 07:38:00 And you may run into all sorts of problems with other applications

Like what? Most programs that work on XP will work on 2000.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
533267 2007-03-20 08:00:00 Just stick to XP Home if you can get it cheap. If your a student, you may get it cheaper.

To be honest, getting a copy of Windows 2000 legitimately is going to be hard.
bob_doe_nz (92)
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