Buy a Mac. They haven't authenticated licensing for years. With the latest OS, you don't even have to have the physical media.
Windows 7 only makes it worse. We are migrating to Windows 7 at work, and if we didn't have a licensing server, it would be a nightmare. MacDan Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2011, at 11:29 AM, G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Currently having the same issues with a Win 7 computer. It started > following an update of the latest "windows critical update".... hasn't been > right since, blue screen, crashes, it even now tells me my issue of windows > is not "valid". [guess the last 2 years and a sales receipt were > "updated"?] > > I find in situations such as this my favorite tool is a 10 pound sledge > hammer and all the expletives I learned in the army. > Reformat and reload, I think. > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hardware problem. >> >> Start with memory-that is the most likely culprit. Even removing and >> reseating it can do the trick. >> >> When I started doing more workstation stuff I was amazed at how many issued >> are caused by memory... >> >> Dan >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:05 AM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> >> wrote: >> >>> My home desktop has been acting strange lately. This computer has 2 hard >> drives, the original with the original Vista install, and a 2nd that has XP >> installed. I boot it and run it from the XP drive. Right before I went on >> vacation I noticed it seemed to be shutting off. What it is doing when >> booting up it will get about half way thru then completely power off. Turn >> it back on same thing. Start it is safe mode and it starts and will run all >> day with no problem. So I did a system restore and got it started in normal >> mode, used it for a while and put it in stand by. Next time I went to use >> it as it was coming out of stand by it shut down. So I booted it in safe >> mode again and once again it would sit there and run all day. My thought >> was maybe it was getting hot but that cant be it since it will shut off >> right when started up so it would not be hot, and it runs all day in safe >> mode. So yesterday I decided to make the vista drive the primary and booted >> from it. Even booting on that drive with a completely different install it >> completely shuts down when booting. I did get it started in normal vista >> mode once and had internet but then later even though it said it was >> connected to the internet I could never get anything to connect. That was >> strange. >>> >>> So, anybody have any ideas? As I said before I thought heat at first, >> but then I figured something was corrupt in the XP install. But since it >> does it in both the XP and Vista install it almost seems like its some sort >> of hardware issue that shuts down the whole computer. I am probably going >> to move whatever is important off the vista drive over to the xp drive and >> do a clean install of windows 7 on that drive and see what happens. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
