Microsoft - Sneaky

[ferrisbueller]

I bought my pc from a high street store with XP already installed. The latest updates that loaded automatically include a pack that records the identity of your XP key. Mine isn;t genuine apparently. Now it flashes up words to that fact every time I boot up. If I go on the website to disable this they ask that I agree that my software is counterfeit etc etc i.e. something that looks suspiciously like a legal document type thing.

ers.

Both MS and the people I bought the PC off.

[rich-uk]

Phone the MS piracy line, then phone the shop you bought it from and get the licence you paid for.

[ferrisbueller]

I bought the PC a couple of years ago. Proof of purchase would be very hard to find now.

[BliarOut]

The store could get in BIG doo do for that Have you got the receipt? Does the keycode match the label on the side of the machine?

[tallbloke]

Install linux, and vmware, and run xp as a virtual machine under that.

What was the date of the windows update that did the dirty on you?

>> Edited by tallbloke on Tuesday 2nd May 23:03

[BliarOut]

ferrisbueller said:

I bought the PC a couple of years ago. Proof of purchase would be very hard to find now.

Serial number will be traceable if it's a name brand.

[ferrisbueller]

tallbloke said:

Install linux, and vmware, and run xp as a virtual machine under that. What was the date of the windows update that did the dirty on you? >> Edited by tallbloke on Tuesday 2nd May 23:03

Last week I think. I could delete it, no?

[ferrisbueller]

BliarOut said:

ferrisbueller said: I bought the PC a couple of years ago. Proof of purchase would be very hard to find now. Serial number will be traceable if it's a name brand.

Not a name brand. Not a chain store. Small time bloke.

[BliarOut]

ferrisbueller said:

BliarOut said: ferrisbueller said: I bought the PC a couple of years ago. Proof of purchase would be very hard to find now. Serial number will be traceable if it's a name brand. Not a name brand. Not a chain store. Small time bloke.

I think he owes you a legit copy of XP

[rich-uk]

Does your PC have a MS licence stuck to the side or anything (greenish sticker)

Is he still in business? Go and get a legit full copy off him and threaten him with trading standards and the police, then go to trading standards and the police.

[touchingcloth]

Had this on one of my machines albeit I don't neccesarily have a shop to blame - if you are running system restore on yours then just set it back to a week or so ago and the update will be removed, I have done this and now turned off automatic updates on that machine, think I can still go onto the update website and get whatever new releases I need so not a great problem. But yes, bit sneaky.

[ferrisbueller]

BliarOut said:

ferrisbueller said: BliarOut said: ferrisbueller said: I bought the PC a couple of years ago. Proof of purchase would be very hard to find now. Serial number will be traceable if it's a name brand. Not a name brand. Not a chain store. Small time bloke. I think he owes you a legit copy of XP

What should the sticker look like?

[ferrisbueller]

rich-uk said:

Does your PC have a MS licence stuck to the side or anything (greenish sticker) Is he still in business? Go and get a legit full copy off him and threaten him with trading standards and the police, then go to trading standards and the police.

Even after two years?

[BliarOut]

ferrisbueller said:

BliarOut said: ferrisbueller said: BliarOut said: ferrisbueller said: I bought the PC a couple of years ago. Proof of purchase would be very hard to find now. Serial number will be traceable if it's a name brand. Not a name brand. Not a chain store. Small time bloke. I think he owes you a legit copy of XP What should the sticker look like?

COA (Certificate Of Authenticity) Should have the keycode on. I would tell him the problem and ask him how he wants to proceed. Nice, but with a hint of he's in it deep if he doesn't sort you out.

[Muncher]

I've just bought a couple of Dell PCs.

Although there is a license for Win XP Home, there is no CD media at all with it. How do I go about obtaining the media from Microsoft?

[Raffles]

Muncher said:

I've just bought a couple of Dell PCs. Although there is a license for Win XP Home, there is no CD media at all with it. How do I go about obtaining the media from Microsoft?

Waht do you mean media? Download Media Player for free. Offices is a seperate purchase.

[Parrot of Doom]

Right-click the little star, and disable the notifications. No more warnings upon bootup.

[aldi]

cough cough LegitCheckControl.dll cough cough cough

[ferrisbueller]

Parrot of Doom said:

Right-click the little star, and disable the notifications. No more warnings upon bootup.

Indeed, but an admission that I have an iffy version on my pc. Legal consequences?

[Muncher]

Raffles said:

Muncher said: I've just bought a couple of Dell PCs. Although there is a license for Win XP Home, there is no CD media at all with it. How do I go about obtaining the media from Microsoft? Waht do you mean media? Download Media Player for free. Offices is a seperate purchase.

I mean no windows CD at all, merely a copy of the install files on a disk partition.