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Dan K
i bought my pc around a year ago from a comouter shop that has now changed
hands. I was given a cd "copy" of windows and although I asked them for a
gneuine cd I was told it wasn't necessary - something about oem. yes, i
know, to an extent it's my fault im in the position i'm in.
i'm now geting serious issues with software upgrades and also want to look
at upgrading to (genuine) vista. but i've got a years' worth of application
installs and data on my disk and while I can back up my data, I don't want to
have to reinstall every piece of software i have in order to go "genuine",
which seems the case. i don't put my self in the bracket of being dodgy, I'm
an honest customer that got stiffed and I find it very, very hard to take
that MS appears not to allow me to buy a gebuine certificate so that i can
upgrade. i don't care if it costs me £150, i jsut want to be genuine
without affecting what i've already got. i must be 1 of thousands if not
millions in the same boat, so please tell me MS can help the likes of me.
how do i get out of this mess without having to do full reinstalls and
losing all of my installed applications? your help would be much appreciated.
hands. I was given a cd "copy" of windows and although I asked them for a
gneuine cd I was told it wasn't necessary - something about oem. yes, i
know, to an extent it's my fault im in the position i'm in.
i'm now geting serious issues with software upgrades and also want to look
at upgrading to (genuine) vista. but i've got a years' worth of application
installs and data on my disk and while I can back up my data, I don't want to
have to reinstall every piece of software i have in order to go "genuine",
which seems the case. i don't put my self in the bracket of being dodgy, I'm
an honest customer that got stiffed and I find it very, very hard to take
that MS appears not to allow me to buy a gebuine certificate so that i can
upgrade. i don't care if it costs me £150, i jsut want to be genuine
without affecting what i've already got. i must be 1 of thousands if not
millions in the same boat, so please tell me MS can help the likes of me.
how do i get out of this mess without having to do full reinstalls and
losing all of my installed applications? your help would be much appreciated.