Re[2]: Transferring to new Windows XP computer
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001 19:26:55 +0800 Thomas F [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DH - From all I've heard I'd gladly upgrade from my system to XP. But ... DH 1. MS don't offer an upgrade from 95. From what I've heard, this is strongly discouraged anyway. An upgrade to XP should be a clean install. How many machines with Win 95 would actually be capable of running XP anyway? I agree that a clean install is the way to go, it's what I did. I've heard some horror stories about XP but I haven't had problems with it. -- Kevin -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
Re[2]: Terrorist Attacks
Hello Allie, Tuesday, September 11, 2001, 10:07:36 PM, you wrote: ACM Same here. I've been in shock all day and still am having difficulty ACM assimilating the days events. The reaction of the vast majority. What happened was an atrocity, all those dead people. One thing that disgusted me was when the news here in the UK showed scenes of Palestinians celebrating. ACM My heartfelt condolences to all those affected directly by these ACM bombings. I have an uncle that lives in Washington but haven't ACM been able to contact him. I also have relatives in New York. I hope your relatives are alright. This is a terrible time for you. ACM When will people learn that this isn't the way? Never, particularly since the reaction of many Americans on NG's is to 'nuke whoever is responsible'. Given the amount of countries with nuclear weapons that would be a big mistake and could possibly lead to a global nuclear war. -- Kevin Using TB!1.54 Beta/8 on Windows XP RC 1 -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d
Re[3]: The Bat on The Penguin
Hello Jeff, Saturday, September 01, 2001, 3:34:55 PM, you wrote: J And there will be lots more Linux users shortly, too, as Microsoft J users discover the new license terms under which M$ is starting to J sell new versions of the operating system. Things like you can only J reinstall it three times without paying a fee You don't need to pay a fee if you reinstall XP more than three times. This is from http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/piracy/productactivationfaq.asp How does Microsoft Product Activation work? Product Activation works by validating that the softwares product key, required as part of product installation, has not been used on more PCs than is allowed by the softwares license. Product key information, in the form of the product ID, is sent along with a hardware hash (a nonunique number generated from the PCs hardware configuration) to Microsofts activation system during activation. Activation is completed either directly via the Internet or by a telephone call to a customer service representative. Activations on the same PC using the same product key are unlimited. Product Activation discourages piracy by limiting the number of times a product key can be activated on different PCs. __ While I do think WPA is a mistake I can understand the position of MS on this. A company which is out to make a profit, and MS are, know that people buy one copy of their software and then install it on every machine they own and even lend the software to friends to install on their machines, while this is perfectly OK with the Linux OS it isn't with MS. -- Kevin Using TB!1.54 Beta/7 on Windows XP RC 1 -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
