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Thread ID: 73447	2006-10-19 04:44:00	Ouch: Only one reinstall for Vista per PC.	Antmannz (6583)	Press F1

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492679	2006-10-22 05:40:00	i heard the security was so "tight" that even antivirus software cant access it lol. they want you to use the integrated stuff... another wonderful move from MS. as usual they force out the competition and then once they have dont that they dont improve what they have and nothing moves forward. i have a 98 pc for older software compatibility reasons... not connected to internet so i'd consider it secure :thumbs: i think all these "only x amount of re/installs" anti piracy is only going to increaseand encourage piracy. i cant afford vista as it is, bugger buying a second copy!	motorbyclist (188)
492680	2006-10-22 06:05:00	i heard the security was so "tight" that even antivirus software cant access it lol. they want you to use the integrated stuff... another wonderful move from MS. as usual they force out the competition and then once they have dont that they dont improve what they have and nothing moves forward. i have a 98 pc for older software compatibility reasons... not connected to internet so i'd consider it secure :thumbs: i think all these "only x amount of re/installs" anti piracy is only going to increaseand encourage piracy. i cant afford vista as it is, bugger buying a second copy!Since Anti-Virus software can't access it, It mean not safe for users. :illogical Wonder who's the dumpy going buy Vista? Because Vista is not that secure for spywares and viruses. And you can uninstall it only once.	PedalSlammer (8511)
492681	2006-10-22 06:22:00	I used to be a die hard W98 user, until I got XP on new computer a few months ago. Its a whole new world with no more slow downs and lock ups. My view now is you would have to be a tosser to use software 8 yrs old. As far as getting only 1 reinstall with Vista is, get over it. It problay cost as much as a small countries gdp to develop it. They will need to sell heaps of the software to pay the development costs back. A few months huh. Give it a bit longer. Its a bloated pig. You'll notice slowdowns alright. Especially if you have everything default, like System Restore for instance. And yes, it does crash occasionally too. Sometimes to a point beyond repair. As for Vista costing heaps to develop, hardly, MS hasn't thrown the O/S out the window and started from scratch. Its just another tweak, more lockdowns, more DRM, more big brother, more outrageous claims. You ever thought exactly why Bill Gates is the richest person ever? Not because he put all the earnings back into develoment.... And there are still plenty of people around with elderly but perfectly working PCs that don't have the hardware to run XP, so why on earth would they want to rush out, buy it and install it? For the uses their PCs get, Win98 is perfectly adequate. And the 1 reinstall is for RETAIL versions of Vista, onto ANOTHER PC, not onto the same PC. Is it clear now? Images are not O/S installs, they are images of the hard drive, therefore its not relevant to this confusion...	pctek (84)
492682	2006-10-22 12:00:00	Images are not O/S installs, they are images of the hard drive, therefore its not relevant to this confusion... i agree with the 98 stuff, but i beleive i read that MS considers both physical and virtual installations as installation, so imaging=bad. but i dont think it'd know the diff if you replaced the HDD and imaged it, but then again they probably thought of that....	motorbyclist (188)
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