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View Poll Results: Is ur windoez 4 realz?
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Is your Windows for realz?
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Eleo
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Old Apr 27, 2006, 05:39 PM #26 of 83
I also find that Simple File Sharing works in most cases. I manage our tiny home network and domain controller, and have to share many of my music files with the family. When I fuck around with advanced file sharing, it's not that it doesn't work but it gets very complicated and it's easy for things to get inconsistent as far as permissions go.

Simple File Sharing is perfect if you pretty much want to share your stuff under the pretense of "anyone on the domain can access the directory; only I can modify it and its contents".

Of course without Windows XP Pro you can't join a domain (actually I think you can but it's a haxful operation) which is another reason I steal XP Pro.

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Old Apr 27, 2006, 05:42 PM #27 of 83
That's the worst part of it, actually.

In order to do it, you have to use the Simple File Sharing to share the directory first, then you can tweak the security settings with the "regular" dialoge.

As opposed to 2000, where you just, create necessary users, set permissions and go.

It's terribly designed, but what do you expect from Microsoft.

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Old Apr 27, 2006, 08:55 PM Local time: Apr 27, 2006, 07:55 PM #28 of 83
Originally Posted by RacinReaver
How many people do you know that would buy a Dell instead of building their own custom computer and prefer to have a Linux install on it over Windows?
Ask deus@zelan, if he re-registered. He runs Slackware on a Dimension.

Just sayin'.

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Eleo
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Old Apr 28, 2006, 02:32 AM #29 of 83
Originally Posted by Merv Burger
That's the worst part of it, actually.

In order to do it, you have to use the Simple File Sharing to share the directory first, then you can tweak the security settings with the "regular" dialoge.

As opposed to 2000, where you just, create necessary users, set permissions and go.

It's terribly designed, but what do you expect from Microsoft.
Actually I don't know what to expect from anyone. Having used Linux I've had far more problems dealing with permissions because I find them to be far more complex. Eventually I give up and 7777 everything. I definitely prefer sharing files in Windows over Linux.

But this is another conversation.

I was speaking idiomatically.
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Old Apr 28, 2006, 06:59 AM Local time: Apr 28, 2006, 12:59 PM #30 of 83
Originally Posted by Snowknight
By "properly configure," what do you mean?
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Windows XP Professional offers a number of features unavailable in the Home Edition, including [...] the use of a sophisticated access control scheme that allows specific permissions on files to be granted to specific users under normal circumstances.
I guess that's what I had in mind. This kind of thing just belongs into a modern operating system. Leaving it out just fares under "dumbed down" in my book as opposed to "streamlined for home use".

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Old Apr 28, 2006, 09:58 AM Local time: Apr 28, 2006, 07:58 AM #31 of 83
Only 2/5 of the computers in the house have a legit installation of windows. One has Home and the other has Media Center Edition. The other 3 I just installed a pirated copy of xp pro on. I might just end up using the pirate version on all the machines though since I don't have the installation discs for home or media center(why the hell do they keep the windows install on a seperate partition, damn pre-fab machines).

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Old Apr 28, 2006, 12:08 PM Local time: Apr 28, 2006, 11:08 AM #32 of 83
I used to have a legal version, but then after several reformats, it said my key was no longer valid. Pissed me off to no end, so I had to pirate.

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Terra Etherwind
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Old Apr 28, 2006, 03:14 PM #33 of 83
My college sells them to us for $20 bucks, realz, of course.

As for the activation, yea that's dumb... but there's a way around it. I think it's legal too.

google "windows activation backup".

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Old Apr 28, 2006, 04:01 PM Local time: Apr 28, 2006, 02:01 PM #34 of 83
If I had a legit CD-Key, I'd just use it on my corporate edition, no Activiation BS needed. Hopefully Vista will have a Corporate edition, that way I can screw with; it until I get pissed off by how slow it runs and then uninstall it... Only to use it again a year later like I did with Windows XP.

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Old Apr 28, 2006, 04:20 PM #35 of 83
Originally Posted by Cyrus XIII
I guess that's what I had in mind. This kind of thing just belongs into a modern operating system. Leaving it out just fares under "dumbed down" in my book as opposed to "streamlined for home use".
Yes, which basically means that NTFS partitions can't be assigned like they can in Server or XP. Granted, most home users would never need that. Most, anyway.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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Old Apr 28, 2006, 07:59 PM Local time: Apr 29, 2006, 01:59 AM #36 of 83
With having to do so many re-formats on the computers in the house having a pirated copy of XP is just easier.
Besides i can't afford to buy a legitimate copy.

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Old Apr 28, 2006, 08:32 PM Local time: Apr 28, 2006, 07:32 PM #37 of 83
I have Windows XP Media Center Edition 2006, which came with my new computer. Frankly though, I would have never bought it (or any other version) myself, because I think they charge way too much for that stuff. In fact, I plan on pirating Microsoft Office once my 60-day free trial is over.

I was speaking idiomatically.
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Old Apr 28, 2006, 08:45 PM Local time: Apr 28, 2006, 06:45 PM #38 of 83
I have 4 legitimate versions of XP Pro, one that came with my laptop and 3 that I got from a computer science education convention bundled with the first final release versions of VS.NET. I use one for my desktop, one for my fiancee's, and I've saved one, not really for any good reason, just in case, I guess.

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Old Apr 30, 2006, 12:36 PM #39 of 83
i have a legit version of Win98 SE, Win2000, WINXP Home, and pirated versions of XP pro and XP Pro x64. I cant get my automatic updates to work on this x86 version to dload SP2 though. my x64 edition passes all validation checks and such, so i didnt have any trouble with it, it was just incompatible with a lot of software that i run. Anyone know if theres a way to direct dload SP2 and not have it do the validation check?

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Old May 1, 2006, 09:08 AM #40 of 83
I used to ahve one but that was long ago. Several reformats made the key useless. Too bad for them.

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Old May 1, 2006, 11:49 AM Local time: May 1, 2006, 10:49 AM #41 of 83
The sharing permissions can be customized in Home, too. You just need the command line and a bit more of patience.

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Vibrate
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Old May 1, 2006, 01:04 PM Local time: May 1, 2006, 06:04 PM #42 of 83
I'm using Win XP x64, and it's not legit. As an 18 year old student in full time education I have better things to spend £100 on than windows (like beer )

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Old May 1, 2006, 09:42 PM #43 of 83
Originally Posted by DarkRavenX
Anyone know if theres a way to direct dload SP2 and not have it do the validation check?
Why don't you just have it slipstreamed?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Cyrus XIII
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Old May 2, 2006, 05:53 AM Local time: May 2, 2006, 11:53 AM #44 of 83
Yep, slipstreaming is one of the few truly rewarding things I discovered about Windows the past few years.

@ Merv Burger
I think you are looking for WindizUpdate. Worked like a charm for me so far, I was even able to get rid of Internet Explorer using nLite.

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Old May 9, 2006, 05:10 AM Local time: May 9, 2006, 06:10 PM #45 of 83
Ja means yes right?
My is home edition which is gotten when I bought my PC. As for professional, I've access to my school MSDNAA but I didn't get it.

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Old May 20, 2006, 01:16 PM Local time: May 20, 2006, 11:16 AM #46 of 83
Originally Posted by Cyrus XIII
Yep, slipstreaming is one of the few truly rewarding things I discovered about Windows the past few years.

@ Merv Burger
I think you are looking for WindizUpdate. Worked like a charm for me so far, I was even able to get rid of Internet Explorer using nLite.
Yay, another nLite user! I run XP Corporate and Server 2003 illegally on each of my computers. Both are nLited to hell and back, of course. Each install disc comes to about 130Mb after nLiting and before adding my own software. nLite is truly the best thing ever to happen to Windows.

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TheReverend
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Old May 20, 2006, 06:51 PM Local time: May 20, 2006, 05:51 PM #47 of 83
Wow... Just checked out nLite and holy crap I wish I had know about this a month ago when I reinstalled Will definitely be picking this up next time I want to reinstall.

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Old May 20, 2006, 09:22 PM Local time: May 20, 2006, 06:22 PM #48 of 83
I bought XP Pro when I bought my current PC. Pirated copies of it are too much hassle. Also, the Pro features I find to be useful.

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Old May 21, 2006, 12:31 AM Local time: May 20, 2006, 10:31 PM #49 of 83
I got legit copies of XP Pro with my 2 laptops. One of them was such that I could only use it for that one laptop. The other one was the regular XP Pro disc (sorta) and I used it on my desktops for a time. Since then, I have also a pirated copy of Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2. That's been used for second XP installs on the desktops now.

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Old May 23, 2006, 10:54 AM Local time: May 23, 2006, 11:54 PM #50 of 83
When the next version of the OS comes out, I am seriously considering going legitimate. I'm pretty much sick and tired of the runarounds I've had to take to bypass the blocks on Microsoft Downloads and Windows Update caused by Windows GenuineAdvantage.

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