Re: Question..
- From: FrozenNorth <frozennorth123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:48:02 -0400
Sycho wrote:
This just in to the alt.2600 news room. On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:14:35
-0600 it was announced to all in a public briefing, Dead Kitten
<ic9bnj502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made the following declaration and shocked
the world when the following was announced:
Sycho wrote:This just in to the alt.2600 news room. On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:21:31OEM XP discs are like that too. At least mine is. As long as I'm installing on the same machine the disc came with, it doesn't ask for a key or require activation.
-0400 it was announced to all in a public briefing, oldami
<oldami@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made the following declaration
and shocked the world when the following was announced:
Sycho wrote:Honestly I prefer those versions to install since you don't need a CDThis just in to the alt.2600 news room. On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:33:14Sounds like you have the Volume Licensed version of XP.
-0700 it was announced to all in a public briefing, PerfectReign
<theperfectreign@xxxxxxxxx> made the following declaration and shocked
the world when the following was announced:
Sycho turned on the Etch-A-Sketch and wrote:Oh I know. You'd be surprised to see the versions of XP I downloaded a
I was actually making a crack about unpatched Wintendo and how easily ithttp://tinyurl.com/d4pmszI've seen copies of XP (I think Pro) have the rogue AV software on it.
...install on a bare machine or in a VM and just wait.
In fact I happen to have such a CD with it on it. I can't remember
which of the 4 or 5 different versions I have has it though. I think
it was anti-virus 2009? Something like that anyway.
gets absorbed.
while back from uTorrent that had the rogue AV software on it. I think
two CDs have it. I just can't remember which ones.
In fact 60 minutes did a thing on Conficker last night. Pretty cool, if youI missed that last night. I had no idea there was going to be anyone
(a) run Wintendo as administrator or (b) don't have a clue.
on TV aside from the news about it. Otherwise I'd have recorded it on
the DVR.
As for the rogue software - I have two buddies call me in to rescue theirAin't that the truth! The system it installed on after I burned the
systems with that. It was a nasty POS to get rid of.
ISO to CD had to be formatted a second time and another version of XP
Home installed. I keep telling my clients that if they want their HDD
formatted that they need to be sure to supply me with their restore
disc(s) so that I don't have to go through hell and back to get their
comps working again. Most of the time they're like "Restore CD? What's
that? I wasn't given any restore CDs, but I have discs for the
computer." Sometimes I want to choke them when they do that.
Like for example this comp I'm working on now.. It's an HP d220 MT
designed for XP Pro. The guy from my class wanted the HDD formatted
and XP put back on but didn't have the necessary CD(s) I needed to
restore the comp. So I used a copy of XP Pro SP1 I downloaded a while
back and installed it.
Now, the odd part is that one, I didn't have to put in the CD key and
two, I was able to get updates for it even though it didn't pass M$'s
validation process. I was also able to install SP3 and still download
updates for it. I'm also not seeing any messages telling me that I
have 30 days to activate that copy even after I changed the key by one
number in the registry to deactivate it.
I did call HP though over the weekend and had them send me a restore
disc for that comp. I should get it later in the week. I'm undecided
as to whether or not I should reformat the drive once the CD gets here
or just leave the comp as is since I was able to get the security
updates for it. I just don't know if I got all of them.
It doesn't have any of that activation BS.
That's the version that I use.
Got one for Army systems and another for my corporate systems.
-oldami
key for it. Makes life a lot easier especially when customers tear the
sticker off the comp. *sigh*
Well, actually it does request a product key, just not from me. The comp maker somehow embedded it in the machine itself, and XP finds it there instead of asking me for it. Apparently that's their way of tying the disc to the machine.
You are correct. Some restore CDs will actually probe the BIOS to make
sure that the disc(s) you're using belongs with that machine otherwise
it won't work.
My eMachine for example that uses 98 SE. The restore CD it came with
has 98 (not SE) on it but it won't work in any other system aside from
the 400i2 series.
Then there's my wife's PowerSpec restore CDs that has XP Home SP1 on
it. I can use it on any available HDD from another computer, but if I
take that HDD out of the PowerSpec and say, install it in an HP or
Dell it'll blue screen just after the POST and before the Windows
login screen.
To quote from Sun xVM VirtualBox Manual
Warning: All Windows operating systems starting with Windows 2000 install different kernels depending on whether ACPI is available, so ACPI must not be turned off after installation of a Windows guest OS. Turning it on after installation will have no effect however.
Does your wife's machine have ACPI enabled?
I've been having fun with VBox currently have the following virtual machines enabled:
Debian 5.0
Fedora 11 Beta
PC BSD 7.1
Slackware 12.2
SuSE 11.1
Windows 3.11 (what a hoot)
Windows 95B
Windows 7 Beta
All on a Vista 64 Bit host
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