Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-10 Thread Michael Leone
I am actually curious as to how someone without internet access is supposed to get this unlock code. has microsoft addressed this You are offered the choice to register over the Internet, or read off the code to MS over the phone, who will then read you out the activation code, which you will

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 18:43:01 -0700, Ah Pook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 9/8/2001 7:18:43 AM, etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: about a million people are going to tell you (and they are correct) that the GIMP is every bit as good as photoshop, and they do not have the US gov. put people in

RE: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-09 Thread Siavash Sefidvash
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sridhar Dhanapalan Sent: 09 September 2001 04:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ah Pook Subject: Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 18:43:01 -0700, Ah Pook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 9/8/2001 7:18:43 AM, etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: about a million

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread etharp
]]On Behalf Of Dr. Evil Sent: 07 September 2001 04:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. As far as I know

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread jennifer
On Saturday 08 September 2001 11:56, richied wrote: On September 8, 2001 09:42 am, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Apologies for sounding naive, but is not fair to get paid for your efforts.? ...There's actually a bigger issue at stake. Win XP is actually taking a fingerpint of your system.

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:58:30 -0400, jennifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 08 September 2001 11:56, richied wrote: On September 8, 2001 09:42 am, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Apologies for sounding naive, but is not fair to get paid for your efforts.? ...There's actually a bigger

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread nathan wainwright
] Subject: Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:58:30 -0400 On Saturday 08 September 2001 11:56, richied wrote: On September 8, 2001 09:42 am, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Apologies for sounding naive, but is not fair to get paid for your efforts.? ...There's

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 08 September 2001 12:57 pm, Sridhar Dhanapalan escribió: Take a look at this article: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2810195,00.html Here's an excerpt: For those who haven't yet experienced it, the new scheme is concealed under the 'Product Activation'

FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread Siavash Sefidvash
of the term HR, the latter has come to mean different beast altogether ). Sincerely S.S. -Original Message- From: Rick [Kitty5] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 September 2001 10:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already Hi, I would want applications

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread richied
On September 8, 2001 09:42 am, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Apologies for sounding naive, but is not fair to get paid for your efforts.? ...There's actually a bigger issue at stake. Win XP is actually taking a fingerpint of your system. Your NIC, HDD, CD-ROM, CPU, etc all have unique serial

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread Ah Pook
9/8/2001 7:18:43 AM, etharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: about a million people are going to tell you (and they are correct) that the GIMP is every bit as good as photoshop, and they do not have the US gov. put people in jail for talking about how poor their encryption is under the DMCA.

Re: FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-08 Thread civileme
On Saturday 08 September 2001 12:58, jennifer wrote: On Saturday 08 September 2001 11:56, richied wrote: On September 8, 2001 09:42 am, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: Apologies for sounding naive, but is not fair to get paid for your efforts.? ...There's actually a bigger issue at stake.

RE: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Franki |Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:41 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already | | |well, then we need to write something like code red, that |looks for 2 weeks for XP installations, and infects them

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Robert MacLean
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:56 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already Better yet, it downloads, installs and configures Linux to replace any active XP/NT/2K servers with it. It does this so seemlessly that the transition is not noticed for months, and then usually

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 06 September 2001 10:02 pm, Warren Post escribió: Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. Tom Brinkman wrote: I'm the first one to recommend to newbie's (or oldies's)

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/7/01 8:51 AM, Tom Brinkman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I've already seen several replies to this, so you can see each individuals needs vary quite a bit. For me many graphic design programs don't exist on Linux or aren't on par with their Windows/Mac counterparts. I primarily use

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Barry Premeaux
On Friday 07 September 2001 02:09, you wrote: Jeez, I wanna get rid of Windows too. However, our business accounts are in Windows and although I'm planning on using GnuCash, I don't want to re-key in all transactions for the current financial year so have to wait until April next year!

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Derek Jennings
If you look at the Gnucash web site (www.gnucash.org) you can see the latest 1.6 version has extensive wizards (they call them Druids) to help you import from Quicken. I havent tried it yet because it needs the latest Gnome libraries to be fitted, and I thought I'd wait for Mandrake 8.1

FW: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Siavash Sefidvash
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dr. Evil Sent: 07 September 2001 04:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Michael Leone
From: Dr. Evil [EMAIL PROTECTED] But if you're just an ordinary user who surfs the web, does word processing, this kind of thing, you don't need Windows at all. Ordinary (home) users usually want to surf and play games. Also electronic banking/bill paying. I haven't seen a good Linux

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread s
I'm not Tom, but if I could butt in: I don't even use windows for gaming. If it ain't available for Linux I don't play (since I have yet to enjoy any sucess with wine). (Except I am considering the new Myst. That might be worth booting over there for. Anybody played it?) But I do use

RE: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread Franki
it in when you wanna play games or whatever... nice and neat... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Greer Sent: Friday, 7 September 2001 10:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already on 9/7/01 8

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-07 Thread civileme
On Thursday 06 September 2001 23:21, Dr. Evil wrote: As far as I know, for most users, there is no use aside from gaming, and even for gaming, there are native Linux games, and apparently quite a few Windows games run under Wine.  The other exception is that there are quite a few applications

RE: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Franki
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Brinkman Sent: Friday, 7 September 2001 5:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already On Thursday 06 September 2001 05:19 pm, Charles A. Punch escribió: I agree to some extent, but this is a newbie list

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Warren Post
Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. Warren Post The Cybercafé at Pizza Pizza Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras http://sites.netscape.net/srcopan/ Tom Brinkman wrote: I'm the first one

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Tim Holmes
I've been a 100% Linux user now for a year and half. I was an advanced newbie when I converted from a dual boot machine to a full time Mandrake box. I'd done UNIX administration even before that. But after all that time, I've still found a use for Micro$HAFT products! MSN sent me a disc about

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread Dr. Evil
Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. As far as I know, for most users, there is no use aside from gaming, and even for gaming, there are native Linux games, and apparently quite a few

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-06 Thread skinky
On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 21:02:50 -0600 Warren Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom, other than gaming what uses do you see for Windows? I've been looking forward to scrubbing it from my hd's, but your comment gives me pause. Warren Post The Cybercafé at Pizza Pizza Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Jørgen Traun
Who cares? Paul wrote: Hi all, Found this interesting: The first OEM version of Windows XP is available since only 1 week, and there are already cracks available that make it useable without registration. The crack files are available throught personal homepages of several people

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Paul
The first OEM version of Windows XP is available since only 1 week, and there are already cracks available that make it useable without registration. The crack files are available throught personal homepages of several people already, under the name 'corpfiles.zip'. The size is about 13

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:12, Paul wrote: Hi all, Found this interesting: The first OEM version of Windows XP is available since only 1 week, and there are already cracks available that make it useable without registration. The crack files are available throught personal homepages of several

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:11, Paul wrote: The first OEM version of Windows XP is available since only 1 week, and there are already cracks available that make it useable without registration. The crack files are available throught personal homepages of several people already, under the

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Ryan C. Raz
Yeah Right We Hate Mirosoft... Nahh I kinda like it only with its FREE... Who cares? Paul wrote: Hi all, Found this interesting: The first OEM version of Windows XP is available since only 1 week, and there are already cracks available that make it useable without registration.

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/5/01 7:00 AM, Charles Punch at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stability gets top priority here too, and I'm just talking about desktop single user stability. MS doesn't even have enough of that for me. Sometimes Linux users on this list get accused of bashing MS, when in fact all they are

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
KDE was born in 1997, and GNOME born in 1998. Arthur H. Johnson II [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Linux Box http://www.linuxbox.nu On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Paul wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_999682689-7607-1458 Yeah Right We Hate Mirosoft... Nahh I kinda like it

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Richie de Almeida
On September 5, 2001 08:00 am, Charles Punch wrote: Paul wrote: I would not even use M$ products if they _were_ free. I'd maybe use them if they were stable. In that area is my importance. And Linux provides that. Paul Stability gets top priority here too, and I'm just talking about

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread Paul
Yeah Right We Hate Mirosoft... Nahh I kinda like it only with its FREE... I don't hate micro$oft. I don't like their software. It is full of bugs, their OS-like systems crash faster than I can hit the Reset button, and things get worse and worse through each release. Additionally, the

Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 05 September 2001 02:12, Paul wrote: Hi all, Found this interesting: The first OEM version of Windows XP is available since only 1 week, and there are already cracks available that make it useable without registration. The crack files are available throught personal homepages

RE: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-05 Thread FLYNN, Steve
-Original Message- From: Jørgen Traun [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already Who cares? Paul wrote: Hi all, Found

[newbie] OT: Win XP hacked already

2001-09-04 Thread Paul
Hi all, Found this interesting: The first OEM version of Windows XP is available since only 1 week, and there are already cracks available that make it useable without registration. The crack files are available throught personal homepages of several people already, under the name