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Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 1:53 pm
by Joey
my dad got win xp on his new pc. you have to register it or something. i went to install xp on my pc, but then i will have to register and then they will notice that 2 pcs have the same copy on it.
how can i get passed this? i will have to delete win xp in 29 days since i cant register it.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 3:22 pm
by df
the whole point of registering is so you CANT do this.
if you want to run it on two pc's, buy two copies.
service pack 1 detects a lot of false XP keys, so if you find one on the net, service pack1 might detect it and make your XP unregistered again.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2003 8:21 pm
by mr-t
It is possible to fool XP into thinking your configs are the same. Just have the same GFX card, network card, motherboard, and a few other things.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 2:13 am
by df
but to fool it for the network card you need the same MAC address, and that mean you cant run both on the same network with the same MAC address
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 3:26 am
by mr-t
XP allows a number of components to be different, so the average user can make changes to their config without being nagged.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:11 am
by Perica
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Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 12:24 pm
by mr-t
You wouldn't be. Windows 98 crashes more than a car at a demolition derby
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 2:04 pm
by Eero Ränik
You won't say any bad word about Windows 98 when you have at least once tried Windows Me.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 8:46 pm
by mr-t
I agree that Windows ME sucks arse, but 98 is overshadowed by XP and 2K.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 9:38 pm
by AGI1122
Yeah but AGI games don't run properly in AGI... you have to use NAGI or any of the other clone interpreters to play AGI games in XP. I like having my 98 pc next to me for when I want to play old dos games.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 5:27 am
by Joey
yah i was gonna go back to 98 since this wouldnt work anyway, but i thought that you could put copies of it on different pcs IN YOUR HOME. i thought it would just be illegal to give it to friends or something.
ill go back to 98se.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 11:05 am
by Eero Ränik
You can put Office XP in all of your computers, but you can put Windows XP only in one computer.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 12:32 pm
by df
office xp registers itself like windows XP does.
home version of office, irrc can be put on two pcs at once.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 1:25 pm
by Joey
oh. i guess ill just stick with win89se for now.
Re:Windows XP makes me mad sometimes.
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 8:05 am
by jrfritz
I know how to crack the WinXP
activation ( thats what its called
), but it is illegel. So I won't help you!
( I use a legal copy of Win .NET server though
)