XP pro down to Home

the reason is, a local pc manufacturer supplied a counterfiet copy of XP pro and will only replace it with OEM Home. I'm not paying MS money for their anti pirate copy when my client paid for the computer with XP supplied. The gimp that supplied this has since been reported to MS. As a system builder they should know better
 
I'd take the P.C back to the supplier and tell 'them' to back up all your data, programs and format /reinstall XP Home. If it's no fault of your own, why should you have to waste your time putting it right.
 
aix0 said:
I'd take the P.C back to the supplier and tell 'them' to back up all your data, programs and format /reinstall XP Home. If it's no fault of your own, why should you have to waste your time putting it right.
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Would but the last time the muppet had the PC he done more damage than good
 
If you was sold a dodgy copy of XP then do not Microsoft replace it for free?

If not, then you retailer should replace it with what you paid for, XP Pro!

TrUz
 
aix0 said:
3.1 rules, especially that hotdog window colour scheme. :cool:
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I installed 3.1 and Office for Workgroups on my laptop on a small FAT16 partition. Including the POST it took 3 seconds to boot to a working desktop. Apart from the internet connection it did everything that I use my XP installation for, just with the lack of bloat it all happened instantly instead of the normal couple of seconds.

Oh and I grew a beard while loading the 38 floppy disks, 11 for 3.1 and 27 for Office, I kid ye not :D
 
TrUz said:
If you was sold a dodgy copy of XP then do not Microsoft replace it for free?

If not, then you retailer should replace it with what you paid for, XP Pro!

TrUz
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nope they dont replace it for free. would get loads of people saying this guy put this copy on my pc can u replace it please:P
 
Mason64 said:
nope they dont replace it for free. would get loads of people saying this guy put this copy on my pc can u replace it please:P
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dont or you dont think they would, because the certainly used to 2 years ago.
 
james.miller said:
dont or you dont think they would, because the certainly used to 2 years ago.
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Yep - you could. There were safeguards in place to prevent what was described above (everyone downloading a pirate copy and claiming it came with the PC to get a free one).

You had to produce a receipt, and name the place you got it from iirc.
 
james.miller said:
bingo, there it is. i dunno... these people are to quick to make claims about what you can and cant do. its happening all to often these days, especially on this forum. just do a little research first, 's all you gotta do.
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Funny thing is, its all in the sticky anyway, just need to reseach the most obvious places/

Burnsy
 
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