Re: [PCWorks] PCWorks] Repairing XP pro
- From: "Jeff Dougherty" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:15:36 -0500
Ed,
Did this Vista computer come with the laptop, or did you install it.?
I'm curious if you purchased a laptop with Vista preloaded and went back to XP,
did you have
any problems with drivers?
Jeff Dougherty, MST
Intrepid TV Repair
Steelton PA 17113
-----Original Message-----
From: pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of ED
GIBBS
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:20 PM
To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCWorks] PCWorks] Repairing XP pro
Hello PC Folks,
I shelved Windows Vista Home Basic on my Laptop and Windows Vista Home
Premium on my
Desktop. Installed dual boot with Linspire and Windows XP on both systems.
Also, I use Mozilla Firefox versus Microsoft Internet Explorer and also
use Mozilla Thunderbird
for my email on both systems. I no longer use Microsoft Office, which is
definitely priced
out of the market for me, although I have used MS Office from it's
inception and loved it over the
others. Now I use Open Office 2.3 which is is free-ware and works just
great for my Spreadsheets,
Text Documents, Presentations, Database and Drawings. And the Price is
FREE. The systems are
compatible with MS Programs. . .(SMILE)
I confess, "I'm a non-conformer". . .LOL
ED Gibbs
Chuck M Harris wrote:
> Hi all,
> I mentioned the Dell CD because I've had no trouble with it when doing
> repair installs on Dells (until IE7 reared its ugly non-repairing head).
> I've typically had exactly the opposite result when using the same or
> different product keys with retail and OEM versions of XP CDs that Clint
> and Hugh have experienced. As I recall, Microsoft started the activation
> process with XP so as to keep OS pirating in check. (I am not suggesting
> that anyone on the list is pirating XP). It does occur to me though that
> Microsoft is looking at a potentially massive lawsuit regarding the
> problem of repair installs and IE7. Most endusers who have XP (with SP2)
> will also have Automatic Updates turned on. Therefore they will have had
> IE7 installed/pushed on them as a direct result. Some people will see
> this whole process as another BS method by Microsoft to force people to
> take drastic, time consuming and possibly expensive actions such as: 1)
> backing everything up, formatting and reinstalling XP and all their
> programs and data backups plus all the updates, or 2) feel forced to
> jettison XP and upgrade to Vista (maybe along with a new computer). It is
> true that Microsoft and large computer manufacturing companies would
> stand to profit under this scenario.
> Chuck
>
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