David,
You are right about buying the computer with windows pre-installed, but I
have a separate license and only have windows 7 as a virtual machine
running on a Linux box. Actually the hacked version runs much better and is
more secure than the OEM version. Most of the malware comes in through
accessing certain registry key, turn of those keys and you can virtually
run Windows XP or 7 without malware protection. I have seen many instances
of windows ISO downloads that are corrupted from their own site. I do not
lose sleep over copyright issues where windows is concerned since they are
responsible for more wasted man-hours due to their fixation on making a
profit at any price. If you think you only own the plastic, then join the
sheeple and pay the corporate scumbags all the money that you want. All of
my intellectual work is in the Public Domain and I do not force people to
pay for it. You only think that you own the plastic because that is what
you are told, but as you do have the right to lend that plastic out, you
also should have the right to lend out a digital copy.
Cloud computing and virtual machines will eventually put an end to such
myopic visions of control, regardless of what our corporate master believe
or say.
Gerry
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:38 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/28/2012 2:17 PM, Gerard Arthus wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > Not if you already have alicense for Windows & like I do, I bought the
> > license and used nlite to hack my Tiny version, basically it is just an
> > unintended install which you can do with windows anyway, I just shut off
> > a lot of the useless registry keys and slipstream the service packs and
> > drivers myself.
> > Gerry
>
>
> If you already have a license you should already have a DVD of that
> version of Windows. You typed "Windows &" so I guess the "&" was a typo
> of "7"?
>
> Or you bought a computer that has / had an OEM version of Windows
> installed. That license is not transferable to another version or
> another machine. It belongs to that Windows 7 as installed on that
> machine. You can not install Windows on more than one computer unless
> you have more than one license.
>
> And I agree with Giles's comment of the possibility of a damaged or
> infected ISO. Very common with pirated files. And pirated files are
> stolen files because you can not even give them away since you don't own
> them. When you buy a music CD, for example, you don't own the contents.
> You own the plastic and the right to play it.
>
> But this is now OT.
>
> Have a nice day.
> --
>
> David
>
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