On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Rich Koziol wrote:
Again, why are the folks at HP so damned protective - hoping
for a few bucks if you loose the restore. All this "modern"
business practice makes me want throw up on some CEO's desk.
In a way it's unfair to blame HP (or the other OEMs that have
the same practice) for the "one shot is all you get" policy
regarding the Restore Disk Creator. MS deserves the finger,
er... I mean pointed finger, er... wait I'll get the saying
right... <VBG>
MS has certain regulations as to how the OS may be distributed
and OEMs have to follow "da rules". And since the restore disks
contain the OS, as well as OEM drivers and such, "da rules"
apply to those restore disks. Of course the OEM could have
included the CD in the first place. So it's a combination of MS
rules and OEM cost cutting that we are seeing in many cases.
As for "modern" (aka wal-mart) business practices, I'm with
you. :)
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