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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stunaep on July 07, 2003, 12:29:50 pm
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I loaned my copy of WinXP to Teno'. He needed an opsys for a month until he could get a semi-legal version of WinMe.
I got I virus. I reformated. I got my copy of WinXP back. I reinstalled.
I found out that Teno' had lost the Windows XP Product Key.
I just ran out of my 30-day trial period.
I called Microsoft Tech Support.
They politely told me to **** off and buy another one.
I politely told them that this would be the same as having to buy a new car when you lose your car-keys.
They politely hung up.
Legal/Semi-legal/Punishable by law suggestions?
Preferably the first two, I don't want to be banned.
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ah, perfect time to find yourself a linux distro then! :D
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I'll rather dance in the streets nude, hoping that someone'll give me the $150 I need for a new copy
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wow, quite an amazing level of commitment to Windows XP......
WinXP: "Do you love me Stu?"
Stu: "I'd dance in the street nude for you dear"
WinXP: "Oh, stu"
;)
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I don't love XP, I just have profound hatred towards systems that don't run either Freespace nor 3ds Max.
That, and I paid $150 for XP.
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humour, a lovely word, no?
anyway, just to be argumentative, freespace 2 has been ported to linux (I don't think there are any binaries available though) iirc and if you want a 3d graphics suite you can grab maya, XSI or blender....
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Originally posted by Kamikaze
humour, a lovely word, no?
Originally posted by Kamikaze
blender
indeed.
sorry. I'm in 'very bad mood' mode atm.
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go make teno find a solution, and threaten to shove his testicles in the microwave if he doesn't ;)
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Originally posted by LtNarol
go make teno find a solution, and threaten to shove his testicles in the microwave if he doesn't ;)
done and done.
he has miracolously disappeared from the country after that.
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Originally posted by Stunaep
he has miracolously disappeared from the country after that.
So call the CIA and tell them teno has some information for them, they'll track him down for ya ;)
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XP serial? PM me
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Does the CIA accept requests like that outside o' the states? And I thought you had to bribe them ungodly amounts to do that..... :p
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just tell them that Al Qaeda has set up a new branch in Estonia, and Teno of Twelve is the leader
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Hey, I want my XP working, not the entire country nuked.:p
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stupid idea ... get a keygen :) pliz dont ban me lol
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make teno buy you a new one. duh.
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Originally posted by Ashrak
stupid idea ... get a keygen :) pliz dont ban me lol
There are no real keygens for XP. Only thing they do is circulate a number of mostly false keys.
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[color=66ff00]I've heard that keygens for XP are very hit and miss. Since you paid for the product and since M$ are a bunch of ****heads I'd say you're well within your rights to get yourself a nice 'patched' copy.
Has anyone any illusions that the 'register' feature of XP is protecting them from pirates? What a bunch of crap.
I'd find this teno guy and wrangle your serial out of him if stealth's one doesn't work otherwise.
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Actually, this would be a perfect opportunity to buy/download Win2k. Only thing XP does that it doesn't do is run DOS programs, which you won't need much of, and it's a much more... solid program besides. And the interface won't slowly turn you into a homosexual.
Well, I guess if you want to explore the other side of things XP is a good deal then, but...
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Get Teno to pay the money.
Or kill him.
Either way, it's good entertainment! :D ;)
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Buy an IMac.
*runs*
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
Buy an IMac.
*runs*
a Mac?
yeah.
...
one of those serials i sent you should work Stunaep, please let me know ;)
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
Actually, this would be a perfect opportunity to buy/download Win2k. Only thing XP does that it doesn't do is run DOS programs, which you won't need much of, and it's a much more... solid program besides. And the interface won't slowly turn you into a homosexual.
Well, I guess if you want to explore the other side of things XP is a good deal then, but...
I'm with this guy... That and 2K doesnt look like it was designed by my nephew....
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Originally posted by Stunaep
There are no real keygens for XP. Only thing they do is circulate a number of mostly false keys.
I shouldn't really be asying this but:
<-- has three copies of XP SP1 installed here all with different product keys and all are able to use Windows Update :D
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Originally posted by Stunaep
I'll rather dance in the streets nude, hoping that someone'll give me the $150 I need for a new copy
Nah, don't dance in the street. Become a stripper in a gay bar and dance naked on ladies night. You'll make far more money. ;)
Originally posted by Kamikaze
wow, quite an amazing level of commitment to Windows XP......
WinXP: "Do you love me Stu?"
Stu: "I'd dance in the street nude for you dear"
WinXP: "Oh, stu"
;)
ROFLMAO!:lol:
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Buy an IMac.
*runs*
I'd chase down KT and strangle him to death just on principle, but he's one of my staffers, so I need him alive (at least for now).
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how come you're always there to say something whenever I make a fun comment of some sort? :p
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why am I bothered by the fact that you both have that same Dragonclaw quote in your signatures?
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I had it first..
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It's a couple thing.
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
Actually, this would be a perfect opportunity to buy/download Win2k. Only thing XP does that it doesn't do is run DOS programs, which you won't need much of, and it's a much more... solid program besides. And the interface won't slowly turn you into a homosexual.
Well, I guess if you want to explore the other side of things XP is a good deal then, but...
well, for some people ( well, for their PC, obviously :p ), XP is more stable than 2K ( tell me about it, damn 2K ).
As for the gay interface, yeah, but:
right click, display properties, look, classical windows, wheeeee! byebye the gooffy colors and rounded corners. ( all that is translated, names probably aren't right, but you get where it is. if not, you suck, coz you're supposed to know that already anyway :p )
"goes back to tearing away the ribs of a live mouse, one by one, with a fork"
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Originally posted by Venom
well, for some people ( well, for their PC, obviously :p ), XP is more stable than 2K ( tell me about it, damn 2K ).
As for the gay interface, yeah, but:
right click, display properties, look, classical windows, wheeeee! byebye the gooffy colors and rounded corners. ( all that is translated, names probably aren't right, but you get where it is. if not, you suck, coz you're supposed to know that already anyway :p )
"goes back to tearing away the ribs of a live mouse, one by one, with a fork"
2K? Stable? Bah.. we've had win2k cd's explode in the drives on us at school at one stage (true story) ... flying shards of cd sting a little if they get you in the face..(another true story..)
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Uh, 2k is the most stable os I've ever used. XP is just the latest attempt my M$ to appeal to all those middle aged office workers who are scared of windows. :rolleyes:
Anyway, I suggest a scalpel dipped in cleaning fluid to torture the criminal in this matter Stu.
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Originally posted by vyper
Uh, 2k is the most stable os I've ever used. XP is just the latest attempt my M$ to appeal to all those middle aged office workers who are scared of windows. :rolleyes:
Anyway, I suggest a scalpel dipped in cleaning fluid to torture the criminal in this matter Stu.
Uh, XP is really just a highly tweaked version of the 2k kernel...
(just a prettied up version)
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Originally posted by Turnsky
Uh, XP is really just a highly tweaked version of the 2k kernel...
(just a prettied up version)
Ergo its not a new os, its just a cheap rehash that isn't so cheap to buy. :D
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I have tried and used all microsoft OS availible except Win2k Advanced and Database Server and the new Windows (- NT that server thing - to tell the truth I didn't give it a damn).
Most of what I tried was warez - in Hungary you can't really afford 150$ for your OS.
Don't ban me please - I'm actually one of the "idiots" who use a legal windows here.
My main problem with Windows XP was its ridicoulus activation and its allergy to any hardware modifications and it inflexibility to running a multi-boot system with several OS.
The user interface was over simplified and all the converstaion dialoges and pop-ups rather prevented me from working.
Win95 was great by its time.
That was a long time ago....
Win98 was annoying with its poor memory management and inconsistent control panel.
Moreover it was really poor at multitasking.
The reason for this was the pure fact that it wasn't a preemtive system, so any program could go on rampage.
Avoid Windows Milenium like plague it's Win98^2'nd incarnation
One thing that bugs me about all Windowses is the fact that instead a unified user interface you have to manage your explorer, the control panel and the built in security tools to fine tune your system.
Win2k so far is the most stabile and user (experienced user, not your little brother/sister type who knows to get you whenever, he wants to install a game) friendly among the windows OS I tried.
Actually there's not that much difference between Professional and Server - through a strange turn of fate I'm running a Server right now - except that you have tools to properly manage the Active Directory.
BTW that's the whole concept on what windows servers are keen on, and that's the reason I support Linux for most of the system people want to set up.
A windows server would benefit a small office, but I hadn't seen it in action like that, so I keep my wits about it.
Moreover your integrated software has some little adjsutments to help you, but I still have to stay that Win2k is a stabile, but definitly not 1'st grade server material.
Go for Linux or Unix if you want something truly set up for a webserver.
I hadn't use XP too much, the main problem as I said earlier that user interface actually covers the OS so much that it can be really hard to do things.
Thankfully it can be disabled, so listen to other people that OS may still have merits over Win2k.
I had trouble with the activation, and the stupid way it handled some thing coming from win2k - Did you know there's always a built in administrator account beside your own? I guess most of you knew - but it bugs me since any ordinary user wouldn't have a clue about it.
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2000 wasn't exactly new either, much of what it had already existed in Windows 98 and NT 4.0, 2000 just combined them into a huge mess that failed to make good on a lot of the promises MS made for it. XP just takes it and brings it closer to to MS's original vision of a unified 9x and NT. Hopefully Longhorn will go one better again but I'm not counting on it. 2000 is only really useful as drink coasters now.
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In the first place NT was based on the 30 year old vax VMS operating system... then it was sodomized by MS programmers into the trash it is. The VMS was good in its time, but MS wasn't at all innovative with NT because of its roots and they did a poor rehash of it as well.
resource: http://www.euronet.nl/users/frankvw/IhateMS.html
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Incidentially, is this whole **** about XP being the only OS that supports hyperthreading true? 'Cos if it is, then I'm gonna have to get it, and that means I might as well start screaming and throwing things now.
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No....
http://www.suse.com/us/company/press/press_releases/archive02/sles_xeon.html
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001dec/bch20011210009227.htm
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6528
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/68525
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Very funny.
Anything that actually supports, you know, real software?
I like Linux in the abstract, but in reality unless it can run Ray Dream as fast as a 2k box there's no way in hell I'm bothering with it.
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As far as Windows goes, AFAIK 2000 Professional doesn't support it but 2000 Server and Advanced Server do (not sure about Datacenter Server). XP Professional supports it and oddly enough, XP Home Edition supports it too depsite having no "official" SMP support. The 2003 Server variants all support it too I believe.
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Originally posted by Stunaep
I don't love XP, I just have profound hatred towards systems that don't run either Freespace nor 3ds Max.
That, and I paid $150 for XP.
Windows 2000. 'Nuff said.
And who was it who gave the example of the 2K CD exploding in the disc drive as "proof" that 2K was not stable? Get real.
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Windows 2000. 'Nuff said.
And who was it who gave the example of the 2K CD exploding in the disc drive as "proof" that 2K was not stable? Get real.
i was just joking.. the cd was a little cracked, and in a 52x drive... not good..
i just thought it was the ultimate in cd-copy protection:p
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[color=66ff00]I find 2K to be quite an excellent OS. I took one ten minute look at XP and realised it was little more than bloatware designed to further line M$'s pockets. If driver support was more consistent for 2K it would be pretty close to damn good, instead it's merely good.
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On a side note, I will never worry about posting a topic with too long of a title again. ;)
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Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]I took one ten minute look at XP and realised it was little more than bloatware designed to further line M$'s pockets.[/color]
You suck. I've taken a two year look at XP and realised it's the best damn thing MS have ever released. If I drank coffee, my 2k CDs would be serving as coasters right now.
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*likes XP*........................
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I'm running 2k and find it quite acceptable. Nice and stable too.
Hope you get your OS working..... any OS.
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Originally posted by Admiral LSD
You suck.
:lol: I love the mature lines of argument around here
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Shut up, wiener-face :p
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Windows 2000. 'Nuff said.
Okay. You've been heard.
Now any suggestions that don't involve spending hideous amounts of money.
(actually I've gotten some very useful replies thus far. Things seem to be at least somewhat moving)
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It was said that Windows 2000 was the first attempt to unify the NT line and the 9x line of OS.
The truth is that Win2k is more like Windows NT5. If you check the actual version it states that it's an NT.
Good things:
-Easier and handier user interface, ala 9x
-It's preemtive system meaning, that in theory no program can go on rampage - in practice it can happen if some basic low level component like your graphics drivers or APIs are not in synchron with what you're trying to do. It's quite rare for a windows 2000 to freeze - Blue Death is more likely.
Bad things:
-Easier and handier user interface - it's ala 9x - see there.
-It's an NT.
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Three words: Windows 98 SE.:D
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Originally posted by Flaser
It was said that Windows 2000 was the first attempt to unify the NT line and the 9x line of OS.
The truth is that Win2k is more like Windows NT5. If you check the actual version it states that it's an NT.
Good things:
-Easier and handier user interface, ala 9x
-It's preemtive system meaning, that in theory no program can go on rampage - in practice it can happen if some basic low level component like your graphics drivers or APIs are not in synchron with what you're trying to do. It's quite rare for a windows 2000 to freeze - Blue Death is more likely.
Bad things:
-Easier and handier user interface - it's ala 9x - see there.
-It's an NT.
Blue Death with 2k is just as bad as a freeze... you have to restart
Goddamn Stop errors...
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A bit of an interesting thing is my ancient copy of Norton Antivirus (version 5, it came with my old P3 550), thinks that Windows XP Home w/ Service Pack 1 is Windows NT v.5.1 :p
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I still experienced less breakdowns on Windows 2k than any 9x software.
The greatest reason was, that I could actually trace down the reason behind the blue death lockups, while I couldn't do the same with Win98SE.
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funny how all the threads in this forum are slowly turning about which windows version crashes most :doubt: