Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-18 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Tony Travis wrote: > > Hey don't give up on Ubuntu! > Tony I've no intention of giving up Ubuntu - I've been using it for a few releases now and it is my main OS - I only use Windows for certain jobs I can't get right in Ubuntu (printing High Quality photos on my Canon Printer, occasional ga

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-18 Thread Tony Travis
Alan Pope wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:01:49PM +, Tony Travis wrote: >> Sorry, I must subscribe to the list from my UKFSN account... >> >> I agree with Alan, but what do you do when they don't give you a CD in >> the first place? >> > > Being brutal - not our problem and somewhat "OT"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-18 Thread Pete Stean
If you have valid licence keys, personally I don't see a problem. After all, the *licence* is what MS charge you for, *not the media*. In fact, I have a slip-streamed XP install disc that I made myself that incorporates service pack 2, and you'll even find tips on MS's own site on how to create one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-18 Thread Tony Travis
Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Well what started out as a simple request has turned into a lot of > unpleasantness: Hello, Eddie. Having been brutalised once by Alan, I'll try to keep my reply short :-) Please don't take these emails too seriously, because a forum like this only exists so that we ca

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-17 Thread alan c
Chris Oattes wrote: > Sean Miller said the following on 17/02/08 10:02: >> On 2/16/08, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Well what started out as a simple request has turned into a lot of >>> unpleasantness: >>> I don't know how to make it any more obvious I was seeking a *legal* >>> s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-17 Thread Chris Oattes
Sean Miller said the following on 17/02/08 10:02: > On 2/16/08, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well what started out as a simple request has turned into a lot of >> unpleasantness: >> I don't know how to make it any more obvious I was seeking a *legal* >> solution and hoped somebody

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-17 Thread Sean Miller
On 2/16/08, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well what started out as a simple request has turned into a lot of > unpleasantness: > I don't know how to make it any more obvious I was seeking a *legal* > solution and hoped somebody here might have one. I've all ready agreed > that what

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-16 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Well what started out as a simple request has turned into a lot of unpleasantness: I don't know how to make it any more obvious I was seeking a *legal* solution and hoped somebody here might have one. I've all ready agreed that what you say may be correct in essence not necessarily the detail b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-16 Thread Sean Miller
*hiding under the covers awaiting alan's reply* -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-16 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Eddie, On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 23:16 +, Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > Being brutal - not our problem and somewhat "OT" for this list. > > > > I clearly labelled the topic OT and i stressed that it must be a legal > solution. My "brutal" reply was to Tony Travis, not you

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-15 Thread Eddie Armstrong
Alan Pope wrote: > Being brutal - not our problem and somewhat "OT" for this list. > I clearly labelled the topic OT and i stressed that it must be a legal solution. When I started this thread, I had hesitation in bringing a Windows subject to this group - however I felt someone here, might

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-15 Thread Alan Pope
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:01:49PM +, Tony Travis wrote: > Sorry, I must subscribe to the list from my UKFSN account... > > I agree with Alan, but what do you do when they don't give you a CD in > the first place? > Being brutal - not our problem and somewhat "OT" for this list. My advice

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: Re: [OT] - MS XP Pro OEM CD - How?]

2008-02-15 Thread Tony Travis
Sorry, I must subscribe to the list from my UKFSN account... I agree with Alan, but what do you do when they don't give you a CD in the first place? I got a legit copy of Windows XP with my HP laptop, and ONE chance of creating a 'recovery' CD: I only noticed that the CD I wrote it to was sc