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Link, the Hero of Time Vice Admiral
Joined: 15 Sep 2001 Posts: 5581 Location: Kokori Forest, Hyrule
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Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:48 pm |
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I don't understand why everyone's having such a bad problem with XP...
My thinkpad works fine with it. It takes 30 secs to boot up and 15 to shut down. It's only crashed once, in the middle of a defrag, but that was due to an overheat.
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Monkey Captain
Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 833 Location: On a quest you probably wouldn't believe.
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Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:11 pm |
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what are you talking about? i love my xp it's the best
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:15 am |
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Yeah, windows xp is quite good. It's based basically on the windows 2000 architecture. Windows 2000 is quite a good o/s too. It can be a very complex system. I use windows 2000 server on my home network server running isa server 2000 for the internet and a combination of services.
Also, the RC1 of service pack 2 for windows xp is out now. You guys should try it out. it has some very nifty features. Mainly looks like internet security and firewall features.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx
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Seven of Nine Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001 Posts: 7871 Location: North East England
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Sun Apr 04, 2004 7:55 am |
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I wanna kill XP! I've just tried to put it on my mum's computer (Professional edition) and the stupid thing will only load up in Safe mode... HELP!
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Sun Apr 04, 2004 7:44 pm |
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^does it display an error message of some sort?
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Defiant Fleet Admiral
Joined: 04 Jul 2001 Posts: 15946 Location: Oregon City, OR
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Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:38 am |
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Put your XP cd back in, load from CD. Tell it you want to install XP again, then when it detects that its already installed, press "R" to repair. DO NOT USE THE REPAIR CONSOLE! It should fix itself if there is something wrong.
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Seven of Nine Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001 Posts: 7871 Location: North East England
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Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:11 pm |
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It's ok, I've got it working now. I've even got the two computers networked, but they won't share my BT Broadband connection One problem left!
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Defiant Fleet Admiral
Joined: 04 Jul 2001 Posts: 15946 Location: Oregon City, OR
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Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:24 pm |
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Yay! Well, some broadband services are just un-sharable. But keep at it!
My Windows XP is going to expire in 14 days! I have a cracked version, and I cant get it to work!
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Seven of Nine Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001 Posts: 7871 Location: North East England
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:58 am |
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Download more registration keys for it
(The version I got for my mum is a cracked version, but the key didn't work... but the 35th one I tried did )
If you've got the cracked Professional... I've got a key for it
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:05 am |
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BKQW7~3JYTB~D26TX~DHPDM~3MTKG will work fine even when updating from windows update. It's a better key to use than the FCKGW one. And a good thing is I remember it off by heart now
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Jeremy J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002 Posts: 7823 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:23 am |
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I am soooo sure this isn't legal! Anyone know any good password decyphering programs that are safe and don't have spyware or virus'?
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Monkey Captain
Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 833 Location: On a quest you probably wouldn't believe.
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:59 am |
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if they wanted ppl to buy the stuff they should have had a "you pay, we send" instead of a "you pay, you get password"
but I don't do illeagle stuff cuz i'm a good person
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Seven of Nine Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001 Posts: 7871 Location: North East England
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:52 am |
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I don't feel too bad because I actually have perfectly legal copies of 95, 98, 98SE, and XP Home. I'm not paying 3 weeks worth of money for a piece of software...
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Defiant Fleet Admiral
Joined: 04 Jul 2001 Posts: 15946 Location: Oregon City, OR
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:56 pm |
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I had a legal copy, then my ass friend stole the key.
Anyways, thanks alot for the key. I tested it though, its invalid. Either you typed it wrong, or it doesnt work.
Yes, I have pro. And I am constantly searching for that working key or keygen.
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:29 pm |
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^I forgot to mention that the key is only for windows xp with service pack 1 embedded. Also, it is not limited to a single pc like all other keys
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Defiant Fleet Admiral
Joined: 04 Jul 2001 Posts: 15946 Location: Oregon City, OR
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Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:45 am |
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oic...
Anyways, I just bought my friends key, so it should be all good. His uncles business bought 50 keys, and is only using like 4.
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Akira Class Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 343 Location: A computer desk! Duh!
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Thu Apr 08, 2004 3:51 pm |
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Just my own personal opinion here, nobody take offense or anything...
Windows. Sucks.
Embrace the future! Go the open-source route! Use Linux. It's more compatible with hardware, OPEN SOURCE, immune to 99% of viruses, OPEN SOURCE, more stable, OPEN SOURCE, and plus it's open source.
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Anti-crombie1 Dr. Greenthumb
Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 2561 Location: ya mums house
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Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:20 pm |
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I got a new computer and it has XP, I still hate it, but its not as bad when you make it not look like it was made by fisher price and you use the real start menu
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PrankishSmart Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 4779 Location: Hobart, Australia.
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Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:07 am |
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Akira Class wrote: | Just my own personal opinion here, nobody take offense or anything...
Windows. Sucks.
Embrace the future! Go the open-source route! Use Linux. It's more compatible with hardware, OPEN SOURCE, immune to 99% of viruses, OPEN SOURCE, more stable, OPEN SOURCE, and plus it's open source. |
Hmm, maybe, maybe not. Most of my knowledge is microsoft. Microsoft windows 2000 active directory, terminal services, exchange, isa server etc. Even played around with clustering in 2000 adv server.
But in short, I think most companys run Microsoft as their platform. So skills primaraly in Microsoft are more important. There is the compatibility issue, too.
At the end of the day, I would rather stick with the devil I know, than to switch to the devil I don't know.....
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