Yeah, I've been keeping the old discs for just this reason!
j maccraw wrote:
:: Solution: Windows upgrade at same (laughingly called
:: a) discount & use
:: an old copy of Win2K, 9X to validate. Not tied to
:: hardware like OEM,
:: just as cheap.
::
:: Ben Ruset wrote:
::: Take it up with Microsoft's lawyers.
:::
::: They say it's tied to the hardware. You either deal
:: with the license or
::: you use Linux/BSD.
:::
::: The idea is that you buy the OS at a steep discount
:: versus the retail
::: copy. If the retail copy offers no benefit to the
:: end user versus the 90
::: days (or whatever) support, why bother having two
:: lines?
:::
:::
:::
::: Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
:::: why? I bought a copy with a PC...my hardware, I own
:: it. I don't need
:::: vendor support after i know the system works. why
:: should anything be
:::: tied to hardware and what makes hardware unique?
:: Do we now consider a
:::: PC to be a disposable unit...don't fix it, change
:: it, or upgrade
:::: it....just toss it out (OS and all) and get a new
:: one?
:::
:::
::
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