DW Holtman wrote:
I have another off topic question about Windows XP. I have a legal copy
on a generic computer that I bought sometime ago. It came with the CD
and the sticker on the outside with the serial number. Can I load this
If it has stickers on the computer, the answer is probably no
Such strong language!
I am an IT professional who has been using and supporting Vista since its
introduction. I found it to be a little disconcerting at first merely
because it's different than XP, but I find it to be neither worse nor better
than the many XP boxes I use and support.
I have le
At 12:22 PM 4/9/2008, you wrote:
Unless the policy has changed, and I seriously doubt it,
Microsoft allows you to install XP on three different CPUs. When
and if you try to load it on a forth, the activation process will
fail and tell you to call customer service. I had a motherboard
fail an
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I also work for a VERY BIG bank here in Iowa.
Between the Bank, Finance, and Mortgage sides of the house we have
better than 100K computers, desktops and laptops. All running XP Pro.
It will be YEARS before we give Wishta a serious sniff.
They may no
CanĀ“t you move this XP crap to some other list, after
all this list is called Elecraft.
Tnx!
/SM2EKM
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Darwin, Keith wrote:
I too heard XP is going to end soon. I got to use a Windows Vista
machine here at work the last few days.
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I too heard XP is going to end soon. I got to use a Windows Vista
machine here at work the last few days.
Vista is terrible. I hate the UI. It is slow to start, very slow to
shut down. Every piece of the OS I bumbled into was worse than the
corresponding piece in XP. Well, the Task Manager wa
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Unless the policy has changed, and I seriously doubt it,
; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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Unless the policy has changed, and I seriously doubt it, Microsoft allows
you to install XP on three different CPUs. When and if you try to load it on
a forth, the activation process will fail and tell you to call customer
serv
oft. I paid for and own this copy of
XP, but can I move it?
Best,
DW Holtman
WB7SSN
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able future!
73,
Joe
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To: Joe Stofko
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Direct from Microsoft (do a search there on Windows XP EOL). The
heard horror
stories about registering with Microsoft. I paid for and own this copy of
XP, but can I move it?
Best,
DW Holtman
WB7SSN
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Direct from Microsoft (do a search there on Windows XP EOL). The EOL
date for OEM's (those shipping XP on computers) is January 31, 2009.
It will probably be extended beyond that. XP will be around and
supported for quite some time to come.
On Apr 9, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Joe Stofko wrote:
W
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I work in a VERY big bank - we have over 80,000 desktops and we use XP
- at some point we will have to move on to Vista but it will be some
years I recon
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Hang in there -- if you have to do MS stuff don't drop XP until we see
what Windows 7 looks like.
Mark
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I work in a VERY big bank - we have over 80,000 desktops and we use XP
- at some point we will have to move on to Vista but it will be some
years I recon
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