The win 7 was a 32 bit copy purchased on Amazon. The software was a dvd converter to convert dvds to mp4. It didn't work on XP so I wanted to try it on win 7; didn't work there either. The 1st activation was slow painful and successful. Win 7 gave warning about making changes. I followed all instructions to the letter. The message came from win 7. If you are connected to wifi I think it does the reactivation automatically and quietly.
cheers DS On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:58:06 -0400 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > > > I installed win 7 on a laptop to see what it could do but not to > use it. > > Where did you get the copy of Win7 you installed? > > > The laptop doesn't have an internet connection so had to use the > > phone method.to Install it. > > Are you certain that worked correctly? > > > I installed software that I bought to see what it would do on win > 7. > > What software was this? > > > A lot of of message boxes came up giving me 24 hours to reactive > > or it would shut down forever. > > Did those messages come from Win7 or the software you installed? > > > I left the test software on being affraid that if I removed it, it > would > > do it again. Win 7 is now on my junk software list. > > I'm afraid my take from here is pilot error. When you don't > actually > know what you're doing, problems arise. > > You got DOS and DOS apps in the old days, got them to where you > wanted, and stopped. If what you have does what you need, splendid. > If it doesn't, you are looking at stepping beyond DOS. That will > mean > either a flavor of Windows or a flavor of Linux. Either way, > there's > a learning curve you're stuck with, and you need to learn more about > and better understand what your options are. > > Proceeding without knowledge is a good way to shoot yourself in > *both* feet. > > > cheers > > DS > ______ > Dennis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Police Urge Americans to Carry This With Them at All Times The Observer http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/58fa107eebcb5107e4c43st03duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
