Re: [Dorset] Interesting?

2010-06-01 Thread jr
Rats: I cut 'n' pasted the wrong link. Should have been http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/26/windows_boxes_at_sea/ shows the 'Blue Screen Of Death' in a whole new light! LOL -- regards, jr. time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. -- Next meeting: C4L and Bournemouth,

Re: [Dorset] XP on Ubuntu

2010-06-01 Thread Robert Bronsdon
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:10:29 +0100, Andrew Drapper and...@drapper.com wrote: 1. I have in the past had a number of pre-installed pc with XP, but only restore CD's I can probably find the COA Is there anyway to use these? The likely-hood is these keys are for an OEM (Original Equipment

Re: [Dorset] XP on Ubuntu

2010-06-01 Thread Andrew Drapper
Thanks Robert, It looks like all my old disks are ghost CD's I have re-built me PC, the only thing original is the case and the CD/DVD drive. So I feel ok to call myself a hardware constructor. So OME would be fine. Thanks again. Andrew Drapper On 1 June 2010 13:38, Bronsdon

Re: [Dorset] XP on Ubuntu

2010-06-01 Thread Terry Coles
On Tuesday 01 Jun 2010, Andrew Drapper wrote: But I think I am going to have to be a little unfaithful again. I need to use a programme that I do not believe will work in wine, (logos 4), so I am thinking of runing a virtual XP install using Sun VirtualBox. I have three questions. Are you

Re: [Dorset] XP on Ubuntu

2010-06-01 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
On 01/06/10 16:52, Terry Coles wrote: On Tuesday 01 Jun 2010, Andrew Drapper wrote: But I think I am going to have to be a little unfaithful again. I need to use a programme that I do not believe will work in wine, (logos 4), so I am thinking of runing a virtual XP install using Sun

Re: [Dorset] XP on Ubuntu

2010-06-01 Thread Simon O'Riordan
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 13:10 +0100, Andrew Drapper wrote: 1. I have in the past had a number of pre-installed pc with XP, but only restore CD's I can probably find the COA Is there anyway to use these? 2. Do I need a full XP CD? Any ideas on where to get them. Ebay has many that

Re: [Dorset] XP on Ubuntu

2010-06-01 Thread Andrew Drapper
Thanks John, I have found a thread about logos in wine, but do not understand much of it. I have copied the most informative bit below. Hi Michael, there is a lng thread on here about Logos and Linux. Here's the main breakdown. Logos 3 is based heavily

Re: [Dorset] dorset Digest, Vol 335, Issue 4

2010-06-01 Thread Peter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/06/10 13:00, dorset-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: 'Blue Screen Of Death' in a whole new light! If I remember correctly the US has Windows on a couple of warships: One shot down a civilian Iranian airliner ! And maybe its the same one has

Re: [Dorset] Interesting?

2010-06-01 Thread Peter Washington
On 31 May 2010 20:19, jr jr4...@gmail.com wrote: Rats: I cut 'n' pasted the wrong link. Should have been http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/26/windows_boxes_at_sea/ shows the 'Blue Screen Of Death' in a whole new light! LOL I just came across this :-