-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows XP
- From: CINDRA4@xxxxxxx
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:26:44 EDT
Well yes I knew the short answer LOL
And the person that did this to the computer was not asked to and I had no
idea that's what they were doing.
As for installing critical updates I cannot get it to even do that as far as
I can tell. And it would not do a SP2 but is that one considered critical?
C
In a message dated 8/22/2005 1:00:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
sirtroth@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> Well... the short answer is to purchase a valid copy from MS. Apparently,
> whoever installed Windows for you didn't install a valid copy. If it was a
> friend or relative, well then there's not much you can do other than
> complain to them and let them figure it out. However, if you bought the
> computer from someone and this is the copy they put on there for you, you
> have a valid cause of complaint against them, and you can threaten them by
> telling them you'll report them to MS if they don't give you a valid copy of
> the operating system.
>
> Other than that, keep in mind that Microsoft WILL still allow you to
> download and install critical and security updates. It's the non-critical
> and non-security topic updates that you won't be able to get.
>
> Unfortunately, due to the group's legitimacy and rules, we can't discuss
> bypassing the MS validation. But, the pirates out there have already
> bypassed this form of anti-piracy method by MS.
>
>
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