dennis@home wrote:

>

>

> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

> news:fik57m$3ln$2@aioe.org...

>

>

>>

>> Where have you been living, under a rock? I repair computers part time

>> and see pirated copies of XP and Office all the time. Personally, all

>> my copies of all my software is legit but that won't stop the likes of

>> you can Dennis@home to lie and state otherwise.

>

> Can you explain what you are trying to say there as I can't work it out?

 

Maybe if you read what you snipped ...

 

Alias

Alias wrote:

> Brian W wrote:

>

>>

>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>

>>>

>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs and

>>> Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands for

>>> reactivation. Oops.

>>>

>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller or XP

>> wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get as far as

>> the WGA checks).

>> Such a board would not have enough different components to trigger the

>> re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>

>

> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC, however,

> were different.

>

> Alias

 

Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing nic's

hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

Frank

Brian W wrote:

>

> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

> news:fik5cj$3ln$4@aioe.org...

>> dennis@home wrote:

>>

>>>> I suppose one way to stop piracy is to make the product so unusable

>>>> that nobody wants it :)

>>>

>>> That worked with Linux for years. -)

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>

>> Really? Pray tell, how can Linux be pirated? This should be good.

>>

> It can't obviously, cos it's open source. I think he meant the bit about

> it being unusable that no-one would want it.

> It's interesting that people prefer to break the law to get a free copy

> of Windows, rather than to legally use Linux which is free anyway!

>

 

That's because they don't know any better and believe the FUD that Linux

is only for geeks.

 

Alias

dennis@home wrote:

>

>

> "roy69" <roy69.30qfs7@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message

> news:roy69.30qfs7@no-mx.forums.net...

>>

>> To cut a long story short. No it will not work. The only way to get an

>> OEM version of vista to work is to buy a OEM version from microsoft, or

>> a retailer that sells it. To qualify you have to buy hardware that

>> system builders would buy, like a motherboard.

>

> I think you will find there is no requirement to buy hardware to buy an

> OEM vista.

 

Depends on the country. In Spain, you gotta buy it with a new computer

to get OEM. This is true for both XP and Vista and is a recent change in

Microsoft's policies.

 

Alias

Frank wrote:

> Alias wrote:

>

>> Brian W wrote:

>>

>>>

>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>

>>>>

>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs and

>>>> Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands for

>>>> reactivation. Oops.

>>>>

>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller or

>>> XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get as far

>>> as the WGA checks).

>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to trigger

>>> the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>

>>

>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC, however,

>> were different.

>>

>> Alias

>

> Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing nic's

> hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

> Frank

 

I guess your sticking your head up Steve Ballmer's ass is paying off.

 

Alias

"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fil0sg$qr2$2@aioe.org...

> Brian W wrote:

>>

>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:fik5cj$3ln$4@aioe.org...

>>> dennis@home wrote:

>>>

>>>>> I suppose one way to stop piracy is to make the product so unusable

>>>>> that nobody wants it :)

>>>>

>>>> That worked with Linux for years. -)

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>

>>> Really? Pray tell, how can Linux be pirated? This should be good.

>>>

>> It can't obviously, cos it's open source. I think he meant the bit about

>> it being unusable that no-one would want it.

>> It's interesting that people prefer to break the law to get a free copy

>> of Windows, rather than to legally use Linux which is free anyway!

>>

>

> That's because they don't know any better and believe the FUD that Linux

> is only for geeks.

>

> Alias

 

Yeah Right !

Its because Linux is useless.

Unless, all you need is a word processor PC.

Windows plays Crysis, and legally plays DVD's.

dennis@home wrote:

>

>

> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"

> <none@none.not> wrote in message news:fikhs9$aq4$1@aioe.org...

>> dennis@home wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>> "Frank" <fb@osspan.clm> wrote in message

>>> news:OUDvGvVMIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Alias wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>> Where do you get your info from? Certainly not from any genuine

>>>> statistical data bank. Personal experience maybe? Or do you just

>>>> make up whatever you deem appropriate to support your "cause", that

>>>> being to not have to answer to any laws or make any payments

>>>> concerning copyrights, trade marks, patents or royalties. It's

>>>> obvious you don't give sh*t about anyone except yourself. You seem

>>>> to perfectly fit the description of a thief, and being a known liar,

>>>> being a thief goes hand-in-hand.

>>>> Frank

>>>

>>> There is a hymn sheet that all linux zealots use.. it includes such

>>> wonderful titles as:-

>>>

>>> windows stops working due to bitrot

>>> windows always has a virus on it

>>> you have to activate all the time

>>

>> Too bad for you you can't say any of that stuff about linux, eh? :)

>

> Why would I?, I don't lie.

> Some of Linux is good.. just not for most users, still.

> Ubuntu is cr@p, it has caused me far more problems than any other Unix

> and that includes svr5 when it was being debugged on my machines.

>

 

I prefer fedora core personally, but I have tried out ubuntu and have

not had any major problems with it either. They just dumbed it down too

much. When I had it installed, I had to remove the gnome screensavers

and install the x-windows screensaver because they took too many options

out of the gnome screensavers.

 

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Alias wrote:

> Frank wrote:

>

>> Alias wrote:

>>

>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs and

>>>>> Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands for

>>>>> reactivation. Oops.

>>>>>

>>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller or

>>>> XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get as far

>>>> as the WGA checks).

>>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to trigger

>>>> the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>>

>>>

>>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC, however,

>>> were different.

>>>

>>> Alias

>>

>>

>> Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing nic's

>> hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

>> Frank

>

>

> I guess your sticking your head up Steve Ballmer's ass is paying off.

>

> Alias

 

Better than having to kiss RS's hairy arse each and every day like you do.

Frank

Alias wrote:

> dennis@home wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:fik57m$3ln$2@aioe.org...

>>

>>

>>>

>>> Where have you been living, under a rock? I repair computers part

>>> time and see pirated copies of XP and Office all the time.

>>> Personally, all my copies of all my software is legit but that won't

>>> stop the likes of you can Dennis@home to lie and state otherwise.

>>

>>

>> Can you explain what you are trying to say there as I can't work it out?

>

>

> Maybe if you read what you snipped ...

>

> Alias

 

Maybe if you'd say something worth reading...other than your usual lies.

Frank

Alias wrote:

> Brian W wrote:

>

>>

>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:fik5cj$3ln$4@aioe.org...

>>

>>> dennis@home wrote:

>>>

>>>>> I suppose one way to stop piracy is to make the product so unusable

>>>>> that nobody wants it :)

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> That worked with Linux for years. -)

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>

>>> Really? Pray tell, how can Linux be pirated? This should be good.

>>>

>> It can't obviously, cos it's open source. I think he meant the bit

>> about it being unusable that no-one would want it.

>> It's interesting that people prefer to break the law to get a free

>> copy of Windows, rather than to legally use Linux which is free anyway!

>>

>

> That's because they don't know any better and believe the FUD that Linux

> is only for geeks.

>

> Alias

 

Linux is a POS os and at best is only a toy. All you can do is lie about it.

Only financially embarrassed losers like you are forced to use.

It is real crap!

Frank

Frank wrote:

> Alias wrote:

>

>> Frank wrote:

>>

>>> Alias wrote:

>>>

>>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs and

>>>>>> Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands for

>>>>>> reactivation. Oops.

>>>>>>

>>>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller or

>>>>> XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get as

>>>>> far as the WGA checks).

>>>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to trigger

>>>>> the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC, however,

>>>> were different.

>>>>

>>>> Alias

>>>

>>>

>>> Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing

>>> nic's hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

>>> Frank

>>

>>

>> I guess your sticking your head up Steve Ballmer's ass is paying off.

>>

>> Alias

>

> Better than having to kiss RS's hairy arse each and every day like you do.

> Frank

 

Never met the man and, again, Ubuntu needs no activation or becoming

genuine but, being as you're too bloody stupid to install Ubuntu, you

obviously think it's like Windows.

 

Alias

Alias wrote:

> Frank wrote:

>

>> Alias wrote:

>>

>>> Frank wrote:

>>>

>>>> Alias wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs

>>>>>>> and Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands

>>>>>>> for reactivation. Oops.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller

>>>>>> or XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get

>>>>>> as far as the WGA checks).

>>>>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to trigger

>>>>>> the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC,

>>>>> however, were different.

>>>>>

>>>>> Alias

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing

>>>> nic's hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

>>>> Frank

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> I guess your sticking your head up Steve Ballmer's ass is paying off.

>>>

>>> Alias

>>

>>

>> Better than having to kiss RS's hairy arse each and every day like you

>> do.

>> Frank

>

>

> Never met the man and, again, Ubuntu needs no activation or becoming

> genuine but, being as you're too bloody stupid to install Ubuntu, you

> obviously think it's like Windows.

>

> Alias

 

Liar! I've installed many distros over the years including ubuntu and

they're just as crappy as one another. They are junk os's but of course

they are made for idiot losers like you.

Now go kiss RS's hair arse.

He calling for you.

Frank

forty-nine wrote:

> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fil0sg$qr2$2@aioe.org...

>> Brian W wrote:

>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:fik5cj$3ln$4@aioe.org...

>>>> dennis@home wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>> I suppose one way to stop piracy is to make the product so unusable

>>>>>> that nobody wants it :)

>>>>> That worked with Linux for years. -)

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>> Really? Pray tell, how can Linux be pirated? This should be good.

>>>>

>>> It can't obviously, cos it's open source. I think he meant the bit about

>>> it being unusable that no-one would want it.

>>> It's interesting that people prefer to break the law to get a free copy

>>> of Windows, rather than to legally use Linux which is free anyway!

>>>

>> That's because they don't know any better and believe the FUD that Linux

>> is only for geeks.

>>

>> Alias

>

> Yeah Right !

> Its because Linux is useless.

> Unless, all you need is a word processor PC.

> Windows plays Crysis, and legally plays DVD's.

>

>

Tell me again why my installation of kubuntu can't legally play dvds?

 

--

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"norm" <noone@afakeddomain.net> wrote in message

news:ugXnrZiMIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> forty-nine wrote:

>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:fil0sg$qr2$2@aioe.org...

>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:fik5cj$3ln$4@aioe.org...

>>>>> dennis@home wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>>> I suppose one way to stop piracy is to make the product so unusable

>>>>>>> that nobody wants it :)

>>>>>> That worked with Linux for years. -)

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>> Really? Pray tell, how can Linux be pirated? This should be good.

>>>>>

>>>> It can't obviously, cos it's open source. I think he meant the bit

>>>> about it being unusable that no-one would want it.

>>>> It's interesting that people prefer to break the law to get a free copy

>>>> of Windows, rather than to legally use Linux which is free anyway!

>>>>

>>> That's because they don't know any better and believe the FUD that Linux

>>> is only for geeks.

>>>

>>> Alias

>>

>> Yeah Right !

>> Its because Linux is useless.

>> Unless, all you need is a word processor PC.

>> Windows plays Crysis, and legally plays DVD's.

> Tell me again why my installation of kubuntu can't legally play dvds?

>

> --

> norm

 

I didn't tell you the first time, sponge.

You would have to tell me how it can.

You didn't mention Crysis....you Linuts do know that "real" computers are

multimedia, right ?

People don't spend $2500 on boxex to type fast, ya know !

Frank wrote:

> Alias wrote:

>

>> Frank wrote:

>>

>>> Alias wrote:

>>>

>>>> Frank wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Alias wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs

>>>>>>>> and Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands

>>>>>>>> for reactivation. Oops.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller

>>>>>>> or XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get

>>>>>>> as far as the WGA checks).

>>>>>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to

>>>>>>> trigger the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC,

>>>>>> however, were different.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Alias

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing

>>>>> nic's hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

>>>>> Frank

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> I guess your sticking your head up Steve Ballmer's ass is paying off.

>>>>

>>>> Alias

>>>

>>>

>>> Better than having to kiss RS's hairy arse each and every day like

>>> you do.

>>> Frank

>>

>>

>> Never met the man and, again, Ubuntu needs no activation or becoming

>> genuine but, being as you're too bloody stupid to install Ubuntu, you

>> obviously think it's like Windows.

>>

>> Alias

>

> Liar! I've installed many distros over the years including ubuntu

> Frank

 

No, you haven't, liar.

 

Alias

forty-nine wrote:

> "norm" <noone@afakeddomain.net> wrote in message

> news:ugXnrZiMIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> forty-nine wrote:

>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:fil0sg$qr2$2@aioe.org...

>>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:fik5cj$3ln$4@aioe.org...

>>>>>> dennis@home wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> I suppose one way to stop piracy is to make the product so unusable

>>>>>>>> that nobody wants it :)

>>>>>>> That worked with Linux for years. -)

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>> Really? Pray tell, how can Linux be pirated? This should be good.

>>>>>>

>>>>> It can't obviously, cos it's open source. I think he meant the bit

>>>>> about it being unusable that no-one would want it.

>>>>> It's interesting that people prefer to break the law to get a free copy

>>>>> of Windows, rather than to legally use Linux which is free anyway!

>>>>>

>>>> That's because they don't know any better and believe the FUD that Linux

>>>> is only for geeks.

>>>>

>>>> Alias

>>> Yeah Right !

>>> Its because Linux is useless.

>>> Unless, all you need is a word processor PC.

>>> Windows plays Crysis, and legally plays DVD's.

>> Tell me again why my installation of kubuntu can't legally play dvds?

>>

>> --

>> norm

>

> I didn't tell you the first time, sponge.

> You would have to tell me how it can.

> You didn't mention Crysis....you Linuts do know that "real" computers are

> multimedia, right ?

> People don't spend $2500 on boxex to type fast, ya know !

>

>

Why would I want to mention crysis? Is it something everyone needs? Or

wants? I asked the question about dvds. I can play dvds on kubuntu just

fine. Tell me why it is illegal.

 

--

norm

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:02:09 -0000, "dennis@home"

<dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote:

>I think you will find there is no requirement to buy hardware to buy an OEM

>vista.

 

Or at most, a cable or the like.

Alias wrote:

> Frank wrote:

>

>> Alias wrote:

>>

>>> Frank wrote:

>>>

>>>> Alias wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Frank wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Alias wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs

>>>>>>>>> and Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands

>>>>>>>>> for reactivation. Oops.

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller

>>>>>>>> or XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get

>>>>>>>> as far as the WGA checks).

>>>>>>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to

>>>>>>>> trigger the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC,

>>>>>>> however, were different.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Alias

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing

>>>>>> nic's hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

>>>>>> Frank

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> I guess your sticking your head up Steve Ballmer's ass is paying off.

>>>>>

>>>>> Alias

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Better than having to kiss RS's hairy arse each and every day like

>>>> you do.

>>>> Frank

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Never met the man and, again, Ubuntu needs no activation or becoming

>>> genuine but, being as you're too bloody stupid to install Ubuntu, you

>>> obviously think it's like Windows.

>>>

>>> Alias

>>

>>

>> Liar! I've installed many distros over the years including ubuntu Frank

>

>

> No, you haven't, liar.

>

> Alias

 

Oh of course I have. I proly installed more linux distros than you've

ever heard of and before you ever heard of linux.

My favorite os was BEos...before SJ killed it. But that's another story

all together.

What I don't get is how little progress any linux distro has made over

the last 5-7 yrs in the desktop computing market. Pathetic. But then

again, it is the most disorganized conglomeration of wannabes and ego

driven fringe lunatics ever assembled...or loosely weaved, I've ever

seen. It's easy to see how you and linux are attracted to each other.

Other than LT and RS, who are mainly kooks, linux has no leadership...no

driving force a la BG/SB. Unless that changes, and I doubt it ever will,

linux will forever remain a fringe element in the computer desktop market.

Frank

"roy69" <roy69.30s7o0@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message

news:roy69.30s7o0@no-mx.forums.net...

>

> Brian W528305 Wrote:

>> "roy69" <roy69.30qfs7@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message

>> news:roy69.30qfs7@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...

>>

>> You can buy an OEM Vista DVD without any hardware, especially in the UK

>> (and

>> other European countries).

>>

>> If I move the OS from I

>>

>> No 'law' has been broken. You can 'upgrade' your PC as may times as you

>> like, and that includes changing (ie 'upgrading') the hard drive and

>> motherboard.

>> This is within the terms of the EULA.

>

> Ok mate, may be wrong.

> tell me where I can buy an OEM os without buying a major part of a

> computer and I wil PM you with an apology.

>

>

Vista Home Premium OEM 32-bit

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Windows+Vista+Home+Premium+32+OEM+?productId=25905

 

or 64-bit

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Windows+Vista+Home+Premium+64+OEM+?productId=25906

 

 

I got my Ultimate from here, and did not have to purchase any hardware.

"roy69" <roy69.30s7o0@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message

news:roy69.30s7o0@no-mx.forums.net...

>

> Brian W528305 Wrote:

>> "roy69" <roy69.30qfs7@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message

>> news:roy69.30qfs7@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...

>>

>> You can buy an OEM Vista DVD without any hardware, especially in the UK

>> (and

>> other European countries).

>>

>> If I move the OS from I

>>

>> No 'law' has been broken. You can 'upgrade' your PC as may times as you

>> like, and that includes changing (ie 'upgrading') the hard drive and

>> motherboard.

>> This is within the terms of the EULA.

>

> Ok mate, may be wrong.

> tell me where I can buy an OEM os without buying a major part of a

> computer and I wil PM you with an apology.

>

>

Vista Home Premium OEM 32-bit

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Windows+Vista+Home+Premium+32+OEM+?productId=25905

 

or 64-bit

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Windows+Vista+Home+Premium+64+OEM+?productId=25906

 

 

I got my Ultimate from here, and did not have to purchase any hardware. And

contrary to what many people believe, it is possible to do an in-place

upgrade from a qualifying version of XP (ie XP Home or MCE for Vista Home

Premium)

"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fil0lk$q6d$1@aioe.org...

> Brian W wrote:

>>

>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>

>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs and

>>> Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands for

>>> reactivation. Oops.

>>>

>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller or XP

>> wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get as far as the

>> WGA checks).

>> Such a board would not have enough different components to trigger the

>> re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>

>

> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC, however, were

> different.

 

You failed to mention that in your post (quoted at the top of this one).

Vista would likely pass a WGA check in this case as well.

Makes you appear even more clueless about WGA.

"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fil10h$qr2$3@aioe.org...

> dennis@home wrote:

>>

>>

>> "roy69" <roy69.30qfs7@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message

>> news:roy69.30qfs7@no-mx.forums.net...

>>>

>>> To cut a long story short. No it will not work. The only way to get an

>>> OEM version of vista to work is to buy a OEM version from microsoft, or

>>> a retailer that sells it. To qualify you have to buy hardware that

>>> system builders would buy, like a motherboard.

>>

>> I think you will find there is no requirement to buy hardware to buy an

>> OEM vista.

>

> Depends on the country. In Spain, you gotta buy it with a new computer to

> get OEM. This is true for both XP and Vista and is a recent change in

> Microsoft's policies.

>

Not in the UK though. In fact, Amazon.co.uk are selling them.

Brian W528893 Wrote:

> "roy69" <roy69.30s7o0@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message

> news:roy69.30s7o0@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...

> Vista Home Premium OEM 32-bit

> 'Windows Vista Home Premium 32 OEM - Aria Technology'

> (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Windows+Vista+Home+Premium+32+OEM+?productId=25905)

>

> or 64-bit

> 'Windows Vista Home Premium 64 OEM - Aria Technology'

> (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Windows+Vista+Home+Premium+64+OEM+?productId=25906)

>

>

> I got my Ultimate from here, and did not have to purchase any hardware.

> And

> contrary to what many people believe, it is possible to do an in-place

> upgrade from a qualifying version of XP (ie XP Home or MCE for Vista

> Home

> Premium)

 

Yep you got me there.:shock: It was cheaper than the version I bought

as well. (not by much)

 

 

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Frank wrote:

> Alias wrote:

>

>> Frank wrote:

>>

>>> Alias wrote:

>>>

>>>> Frank wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Alias wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Frank wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Alias wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Brian W wrote:

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>>>>>>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs

>>>>>>>>>> and Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or

>>>>>>>>>> demands for reactivation. Oops.

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive

>>>>>>>>> controller or XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD,

>>>>>>>>> let alone get as far as the WGA checks).

>>>>>>>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to

>>>>>>>>> trigger the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC,

>>>>>>>> however, were different.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Alias

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Guess what...changing the video cards, adding memory or changing

>>>>>>> nic's hasn't caused any of our Vista boxes to require reactivation.

>>>>>>> Frank

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I guess your sticking your head up Steve Ballmer's ass is paying off.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Alias

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Better than having to kiss RS's hairy arse each and every day like

>>>>> you do.

>>>>> Frank

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Never met the man and, again, Ubuntu needs no activation or becoming

>>>> genuine but, being as you're too bloody stupid to install Ubuntu,

>>>> you obviously think it's like Windows.

>>>>

>>>> Alias

>>>

>>>

>>> Liar! I've installed many distros over the years including ubuntu Frank

>>

>>

>> No, you haven't, liar.

>>

>> Alias

>

> Oh of course I have.

 

No, you haven't. You lie.

 

Alias

Brian W wrote:

>

> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

> news:fil0lk$q6d$1@aioe.org...

>> Brian W wrote:

>>>

>>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:fik8rl$fgg$1@aioe.org...

>>>>

>>>> I just changed the motherboard and video card on one of my PCs and

>>>> Windows XP just merrily booted without any burps or demands for

>>>> reactivation. Oops.

>>>>

>>> Must have been an almost identical chipset/BIOS/drive controller or

>>> XP wouldn't have even booted (you'd get a BSOD, let alone get as far

>>> as the WGA checks).

>>> Such a board would not have enough different components to trigger

>>> the re-activation, Vista is likely the same.

>>>

>>

>> It was the exact same board :-) The video card and the NIC, however,

>> were different.

>

> You failed to mention that in your post (quoted at the top of this one).

> Vista would likely pass a WGA check in this case as well.

> Makes you appear even more clueless about WGA.

>

 

Um, the video card and the NIC will trigger WGA. Don't believe me? Try

it and you'll see. That said, why should I have to educate myself on

WGA? Why should I have to prove, over and over again, that I paid for

something? Why does WGA assume the user is guilty of theft and piracy

until they prove otherwise?

 

Alias