For distribution only with a new PC - Issue

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I bought my windows xp from a warehouse- receive a
receipt. My concern is that on the booklet, it says For
distribution only with a new PC. I want to do everything
legitimately regardless is no one may no except me. I
tried to contact Microsoft with this issue but I'm not
able to because it's an OEM softare. I believe that
correct. What should be my next steps to establish
legitimacy in this software?

Thanks
 
The software is legit! You "could" use it but will not get support from
Microsoft.

Y.
 
You contact MS Piracy. Each country's MS web site has a prominent link to
piracy. If a septic I seem to remember 1800-RULEGIT (we don't use this
stupid way of remembering phone numbers in Australia)

EG
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/piracy/
and
1800 -meyyme (1800 - 639963)

I actually didn't see the one thing in your post that you needed to have
done. Been sold certain hardware with the sale of XP as is required to sell
OEM copies.

If you ring MS support for any reason you are wasting your time. They should
have dealt with you but they're so stupid that they stop listening after
they hear OEM. Beside they don't know how to fix anything.
 
David;
Just curious. What way do you use to remember phone numbers in Australia?
Wes
 
I'd guess they remember the numbers, as we do here, too..... :-)


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"Wesley VogelX" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
David;
Just curious. What way do you use to remember phone numbers in
Australia?
Wes
 
Thomas;
Do your phone's buttons have letters on them as well as numbers? It's a
big deal here, in the US, to have your phone number spell some thing.
In fact 50 years ago, before prefixes, you might have to dial "PEnsylvania
6-5000". That was, of course a song, but still a telephone exchange. In the
US, 1958 was the first year for all number phone numbers. 262-1234.
Well that was more than you'd care tho know.
Wes
 
Our phones have always had letters (same as yours), they're just not used by
anyone.

The odd company tries it. Just doesn't seem to take off.

Numbers with like 9326-1111 or 9211-1122 are the sought after numbers here.
Companies that want their numbers remembered use 13-1223 (or 1800 nnn-nnn)
which always switch you to the closest office from anywhere in Australia.

If you come here and need an ambulance you dial 000 not 911 (unless on a
mobile phone which is some long stupid number even though 000 works on a
mobile).
 
Mobiles have letters on them, but not all land line phones, at least not the
old rotary dial phones, which still are in use here and there....
So we're used to use only numbers....


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Sam said:
I bought my windows xp from a warehouse- receive a
receipt. My concern is that on the booklet, it says For
distribution only with a new PC. I want to do everything
legitimately regardless is no one may no except me. I
tried to contact Microsoft with this issue but I'm not
able to because it's an OEM softare. I believe that
correct. What should be my next steps to establish
legitimacy in this software?
Click to expand...

It ought to have been sold together with an item of hardware. But
Microsoft have relaxed the meaning of that to the point where buying a
mouse tail seems to be enough, so if the item got left out, I would not
worry too much. You install it by booting the CD - you will have to do
a clean install, with no system on the machine already, so if there is
one, I would get rid of it first, say by using a Win98 startup floppy
and FDISK to delete the partition (And of course get any data backed up
first). Read Gary Woodruff's article on Files and settings Transfer at
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm which may be helpful in bringing such
things forward.

The only other real consideration is that these OEM systems are licensed
solely to the machine where they are first installed - if you buy
another machine and junk this, you cannot take the software forward. So
if you would be on the point of doing so, have a think about timing.
 
Wesley said:
Thomas;
Do your phone's buttons have letters on them as well as numbers? It's a
big deal here, in the US, to have your phone number spell some thing.
Click to expand...

We used to have them in the UK, but they were dropped when International
direct dial came in, because different countries had mapped the alphabet
to the numbers in different ways - so if you tried dialling to the US
using a letter combination you were pretty well guaranteed a wrong
number. But I suppose no-one in the US was interested in dialling
outside N America
 
I have no letters on 1 and ABC on 2. My mobile is the same.
Wesley said:
Thomas;
Do your phone's buttons have letters on them as well as numbers? It's a
big deal here, in the US, to have your phone number spell some thing.
Click to expand...

We used to have them in the UK, but they were dropped when International
direct dial came in, because different countries had mapped the alphabet
to the numbers in different ways - so if you tried dialling to the US
using a letter combination you were pretty well guaranteed a wrong
number. But I suppose no-one in the US was interested in dialling
outside N America
 
Thomas;
Thanks for your reply. I really was curious.
Wes

Thomas said:
Mobiles have letters on them, but not all land line phones, at least
not the old rotary dial phones, which still are in use here and
there....
So we're used to use only numbers....
Click to expand...
 
Ales;
Thanks for the reply. You'd be suprised how many people in the US call
Europe. I myself have relatives on the Contintent. Remember, there are few
here who's relatives didn't come from somewhere else. :-) But it is cheaper
and easier to use E-mail.
Wes
 
David;
Thanks for the reply. I know you're in Australia.
We have none on 1 and A - Y on 2 - 9, and Operator for 0.
Wes
 
Well it would not work me calling 0011 1 1800-RULEGIT

That would be (got to get my glasses) 0011 1 1800 7853448

We of course use this to enter names and sms messages (the whole world but
the USA is sms mad, something your phone companies are unhappy about) into
our mobiles (cell phones). SMS is short text messages mobile to mobile. Here
you buy simms with 700 sms messages a month. Kids SMS constantly with each
other. I don't use it as typing text on a numberpad is not my idea of fun.
But on all busses and trains and ferries are rows of people texting each
other constantly. Kids do it from waking up to bed time (the papers must
mean rich kids). It's the biggest revenue growth for phone companies.
 
Are SMS "mini keyboards" available? I would go mad if I had to do the
"number game!"


David Candy said:
Well it would not work me calling 0011 1 1800-RULEGIT

That would be (got to get my glasses) 0011 1 1800 7853448

We of course use this to enter names and sms messages (the whole world but
the USA is sms mad, something your phone companies are unhappy about) into
our mobiles (cell phones). SMS is short text messages mobile to mobile. Here
you buy simms with 700 sms messages a month. Kids SMS constantly with each
other. I don't use it as typing text on a numberpad is not my idea of fun.
But on all busses and trains and ferries are rows of people texting each
other constantly. Kids do it from waking up to bed time (the papers must
mean rich kids). It's the biggest revenue growth for phone companies.
Click to expand...
 
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