Hey Phyllis, Whilst I accept the spirit in which your mail is intened, I purchased a Dell Dimension 8400 Win XP Pro PC only on January 7 this year. I've long ago left Win 98 and let my cloned Win XP Pro PC go to my son. We dont do Ebay in quite the same way, in fact, my future daughter in law has just resigned from eBay UK and got �100, 000 in shares alone. I am giving myself up to a local techie who I trust if Dell cannot get me out of my present problem. Situation is that my Microsoft Office [Small Business] 2003 is working fine; I just dont have to update it and I just wonder if I am losing out.
Janet O/S XPSP2 OE/IE6 http://globechatters.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You can buy Win XP Pro upgrades on Ebay at a fair price..Those up grades > will do a full install if you have a Win 98 disk to let it read..that would > get you out of the clutches of the mfgr..My lower price on pc's was because > of quantity..lol..--Phyllis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> You were fortunate to be able to get some one to build them so cheaply for >> you. Two of my earlier PCs were built for me, the first by a Disability >> Charity, the second by a local bod and both were very stable but costly >> for the era in which they were built. >> As I mentioned earlier, with a Dell PC you only get a Recovery disk, >> that's how they can distribute high quality hardware so cheaply. A number >> of PC distributors do the same and most dont have a problem with them, >> but..........if you want to keep them up to date to cover vulnerabilities >> at the Microsoft site you are going to have to read about them before >> downloading and installing them. >> Microsoft now delivers updates for those who do only have a recovery disk >> as well as those who have the product disk. >> Dell were hot on the trail of reply to my communication to them about the >> situation. I've been given a software support number here in the UK to >> contact. I suspect they will tell me I need to uninstall Microsoft >> Office [Small Business] 2003 but as to whether or not it can be >> reinstalled from a recovery disk I shall have to find out. I doubt it. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
