> Oh man I'm rollin on the floor ...my sides hurt from laughing...onya Wolfgang !
Bones :)> Hi Mike > >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Steve Stamm <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Bones, >>> >>> Agreed, however I wasn't suggesting anyone pirate a copy. If you have >>> ever bought a machine with windows on it and are not currently using >>> that copy on another computer (you changed the OS, the computer died, >>> etc.) you can safely use that copy on another machine or in a >>> virtualization environment. I am an IT professional (25 years) and >>> everyone I know has copies of all sorts of OSs laying around so it's >>> never been a problem to come up with a legal copy of Windows. I even >>> have an MSDN subscription! >>> >>> If you ask around you may be able to find a copy of XP that you can >>> use. >>> Especially now since Microsoft has discontinued support for XP. >>> >>> Thanks for keeping us straight! :) >>> >>> Steve >> >> Steve, >> >> I can't recall the last time I bought a machine that had a copy of the >> OS included except already installed. > May be you didn't have an original M$ CD, but a minimum is that you > have the M$ product key glued to the pc. This shows the correct > license. Then mostly if there is no cd from microsoft (you know: > CD's are expensive and M$ has not very much money!) you should have > a way to recover your system if anything happens: may be a recovery > cd from the producer of the computer or some installation files on > the hard disk. After you buy such a computer it is strongly recommended > to put those installation files on a cd by yourself (always remember: > CD's are expensiven and M$ hat not ... ;) ). With these two "information > sources" you can reinstall the OS on nearly every "hardware" (vmware, > virtual box, virtual pc and so on), as long ... as long ... as long ... > ... THIS RUBBISH BULLSHIT OF A HUGE MASS OF RANDOM NUMBERS ISN'T > BIOS LOCKED OR LOCKED TO A SINGLE VENDOR!!! > > OK, that's the story so far. > Have a nice day and best regards, Wolfgang > > > -- > MfG Wolfgang Holzinger > E-Mail: [email protected] > > +--------------------------------------------------+ > | Linux -- because life is too short for a reboot! | > +--------------------------------------------------+ > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
