Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-04-05 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
Dee Earley wrote: MS can normally supply media packs but may charge you for them. It's worth checking anyway. See if employer has MSDN membership - they may have free download access or a great big set of DVD/CDs on a shelf soemwhere. (Or torrents, not that I condone them for illegal

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-04-01 Thread Paul Stimpson
Discussion Listhampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 07:12:03PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: So I should be able to download one from MSDN (I am a full member apparently!!!) The problem with the License label

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-04-01 Thread Dee Earley
On 01/04/2010 15:52, Paul Stimpson wrote: Hi guys, On a similar note I have a problem at my customer's office I can't seem to solve and I wonder if anyone can help. It is part of the specification for my current project that I produce MS Visio drawings for the documentation. The company

[Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-03-31 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Hi, I am trying to recover a friends laptop hard disk. It is a windows machine. I have booted from a Linux CD and recovered all the files the user wanted me to. Basically all their photos. The laptop is a windows Vista laptop. It does not boot and using smartctl I can see that is it about to

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-03-31 Thread Paul Stimpson
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion Listhampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins Hi, I am trying to recover a friends laptop hard disk. It is a windows machine. I have booted from a Linux CD and recovered all the files the user wanted me to. Basically all their photos

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-03-31 Thread trotter
At 10:11 31/03/2010, you wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:17:41AM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: The laptop has the Vista license key on the bottom, so I am figuring that if I can obtain some install media, I could still use the key that came with the laptop. I just need the correct

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-03-31 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 31 March 2010 17:53, trotter m.nutt...@ukonline.co.uk wrote: At 10:11 31/03/2010, you wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:17:41AM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: The laptop has the Vista license key on the bottom, so I am figuring that if I can obtain some install media, I could still

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-03-31 Thread Sean Gibbins
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: So I should be able to download one from MSDN (I am a full member apparently!!!) The problem with the License label is that it has mostly been washed off. Handy hint - most laptops are dry-clean only! :-) Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Content might offend Penguins

2010-03-31 Thread Michael-John Turner
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 07:12:03PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: So I should be able to download one from MSDN (I am a full member apparently!!!) The problem with the License label is that it has mostly been washed off. Luckily, a bit of the bar code, and the License key is still