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Post by lif on Apr 8, 2010 9:59:32 GMT 1
Sinclair eh? Eeeeeeee you wer well off …………. All we add was an owd acorn electron with 32 wotits of memory, but we wer appy. Anoraks today don’t know they’re born.  |
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Post by tobyjug on Apr 8, 2010 13:12:23 GMT 1
still got a sincy specky64k complete with cassette recorder , thermal printer and rolls of paper, waiting for it to become an antique collectable , cos I've forgotten how to work it,
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Post by lif on Apr 9, 2010 12:34:10 GMT 1
still got a sincy specky64k complete with cassette recorder , thermal printer and rolls of paper, waiting for it to become an antique collectable , cos I've forgotten how to work it, I don’t know if they will ever have any value, but I gave my election to my lad to put away for 20 years, and then flog it.  |
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Post by lif on Apr 20, 2010 11:41:00 GMT 1
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Post by lib on Apr 20, 2010 16:17:41 GMT 1
Have you tried to get updates? I have found that I have sometimes inadvertently come across xp that may not be absolutely genuine and yet have found that updates have been allowed by Microsoft.
You will need Sysprep.exe and use that to do an .inf file. There is a copy of sysprep.exe in xp Service Pack 2, never looked to see if its in SP3.
Its a lot of messing and sysprep is mainly used for an Admin guy to clone xp installations so as to automate installation across lots of machines.
Normaly microsoft are not too bad in allowing an operating system to be used across two machines, ie a laptop and a normal machine in single ownership.
When in difficulty and have had updates denied I have spoken to Microsoft and told them it is a repair setup on a machine or replacing an operating system on a new machine to replace a scrapped one.
Of course this has always been using genuine MS products...........if norty means a foreign rip off then I would not of course know...
ps most system builders would let the customer get the updates themselves, ( time is money and it applies mainly to small builders not mainstream with pre installed OS and only recovery dicks for reinstallation) as of course the majority of customers would be internet enabled to get activation.
ps this is an open forum and may be viewed all
pps BB and Keef will also have a view on this
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Post by lif on Apr 20, 2010 17:24:25 GMT 1
Have you tried to get updates? I have found that I have sometimes inadvertently come across xp that may not be absolutely genuine and yet have found that updates have been allowed by Microsoft. You will need Sysprep.exe and use that to do an .inf file. There is a copy of sysprep.exe in xp Service Pack 2, never looked to see if its in SP3. Its a lot of messing and sysprep is mainly used for an Admin guy to clone xp installations so as to automate installation across lots of machines. Normaly microsoft are not too bad in allowing an operating system to be used across two machines, ie a laptop and a normal machine in single ownership. When in difficulty and have had updates denied I have spoken to Microsoft and told them it is a repair setup on a machine or replacing an operating system on a new machine to replace a scrapped one. Of course this has always been using genuine MS products...........if norty means a foreign rip off then I would not of course know... ps most system builders would let the customer get the updates themselves, ( time is money and it applies mainly to small builders not mainstream with pre installed OS and only recovery dicks for reinstallation) as of course the majority of customers would be internet enabled to get activation. ps this is an open forum and may be viewed all pps BB and Keef will also have a view on this Yaaaa I have tried getting updates on this ‘norty’ 2002 (sp2) copy of XP Pro since MS brought the ‘wonderful’ genuine advantage tool in. no mater wot I do, it just says that the product key wasn’t issued by them, and to be fare, it wasn’t. However as I’m running a norty copy of XP on top of a legal copy of W7, I cant see as I’m going to bankrupt MS. Having said that, do I need to update it, is my W7 OS protecting me?, i.e. is everything going though W7, (via VMWare Player) or am I open to threats? A little knowledge etc ………. |
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Post by lif on Apr 20, 2010 17:44:31 GMT 1
BTW This is almost as good as talking about 5 and a half J wheel rims Or cracking jokes like why do wimin have small feet  |
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