XP Pro . . . not this time!

[Chuck]

I just HAD to share this one . . .

Yesterday my notebook's hard drive died. The manufacturer sent an
unformatted replacement today. Excellent service!

So, I looked around and found the original, still shrink rapped, Windows XP
Professional package that came with the notebook. I found it with no
problem and proceeded to tear it open and remove the seal from the disc
sleeve.

The notebook had Windows XP Pro preinstalled - the shrink wrapped package
with the CD-ROM says Windows XP Professional, the print on the CD says
Windows XP Professional, the CD Key on the bottom of the notebook is for
Windows XP Professional . . . BUT . . . upon installation of the OS from the
CD, it is XP Home!

Nuts! So . . . another call to the manufacturer and they're sending a
replacement disc with XP Pro (I hope).

Anyway - just wanted to share.

 

[ANONYMOUS]

How much are you paying to take away the first CD?

 

[bxf]

So how about letting us know who this helpful manufacturer is? We
usually get the names of those providing bad support, and it would be
nice to have a good one for a change.

 

[Chuck]

The manufacturer said that they don't take the discs back . . . so, I've
got a copy of XP Home (and I don't care for the Home version) that appears
very unique, that I'll never use. It installed without a CD Key, so I could
probably use it on another machine somewhere, if I every get crazy enough to
use XPH.

Anyway . . . for now it's a drink coaster for all I care. I suppose someone
on e-bay might want it - it's genuinely a misprint unlike Elmo's "Potty Time
With Elmo."

 

[Chuck]

I think it would be best for them to remain anonymous because while they
have offered good support, the product . . . hasn't been so great - failed
hard drive (just a year old), mislabeled CDs.

I just wanted someone to know, besides me, how insane this experience has
been. In my 25 or so years of computing, the mislabeled, mispackaged OS CD
is a first for me.

 

[NoStop]

I just HAD to share this one . . .

Yesterday my notebook's hard drive died. The manufacturer sent an
unformatted replacement today. Excellent service!

So, I looked around and found the original, still shrink rapped, Windows
XP
Professional package that came with the notebook. I found it with no
problem and proceeded to tear it open and remove the seal from the disc
sleeve.

The notebook had Windows XP Pro preinstalled - the shrink wrapped package
with the CD-ROM says Windows XP Professional, the print on the CD says
Windows XP Professional, the CD Key on the bottom of the notebook is for
Windows XP Professional . . . BUT . . . upon installation of the OS from
the CD, it is XP Home!

Nuts! So . . . another call to the manufacturer and they're sending a
replacement disc with XP Pro (I hope).

Anyway - just wanted to share.

Too bad it didn't have GNU/Linux on it instead. Then you wouldn't have had
to bother calling the manufacturer, and would have had a real operating
system installed on your computer.

 

[Chuck]

Too bad it didn't have GNU/Linux on it instead. Then you wouldn't have had
to bother calling the manufacturer, and would have had a real operating
system installed on your computer.

And then I wouldn't be able to use 90% of my software that I spend hundreds
of dollars on.

 

[Talahasee]

Too bad it didn't have GNU/Linux on it instead. Then you wouldn't have had
to bother calling the manufacturer, and would have had a real operating
system installed on your computer.

I keep reading this stuff from hardcore Linux, Xenix, Unix
users, but--after 25 years of Microsoft use (with a gun to
my head), I continue to have one unanswered question.

Name 50 major apps / games I can run on Linux, Unix, Xenix.

Because that's the BEGINNING of the number of apps I use on
my XP Pro.

When Mac, Linux or Sun have competing systems that will run
99.99999999999 % of my apps, I will consider switching.


Signed:
"No lover of the world's richest white collar criminal (Bill
Gates)"

But STUCK
Tallahassee

 

[Talahasee]

And then I wouldn't be able to use 90% of my software that I spend hundreds
of dollars on.

ditto!

And, to quote someone else from yesterday,

"There are three types of computer users today:
Those who can count, and those who can't!"

 

[Kerry Brown]

I keep reading this stuff from hardcore Linux, Xenix, Unix
users, but--after 25 years of Microsoft use (with a gun to
my head), I continue to have one unanswered question.

Name 50 major apps / games I can run on Linux, Unix, Xenix.

Because that's the BEGINNING of the number of apps I use on
my XP Pro.

When Mac, Linux or Sun have competing systems that will run
99.99999999999 % of my apps, I will consider switching.


Signed:
"No lover of the world's richest white collar criminal (Bill
Gates)"

But STUCK
Tallahassee

You can find alternate applications for Linux that will replace almost all
Windows apps. Finding and installing them can be very frustrating. Once you
have them installed file compatibilty with Windows users is the next hurdle
to overcome. I always have a Linux box set up for testing (currently Suse
10) but have yet to build a system I could use for my everyday pc.

Kerry

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

The manufacturer said that they don't take the discs back . . . so, I've
got a copy of XP Home (and I don't care for the Home version) that appears
very unique, that I'll never use. It installed without a CD Key, so I could
probably use it on another machine somewhere, if I every get crazy enough to
use XPH.

Nothing wrong with XP Home.

If you are not using any of the following....
- logging into a domain server
- baroque per-user permissions
- EFS
- more than 5 PCs accessing the PC via LAN
- multiple discrete processors
....there's no point in Pro.

Anyway . . . for now it's a drink coaster for all I care. I suppose someone
on e-bay might want it - it's genuinely a misprint unlike Elmo's "Potty Time
With Elmo."

It's BS, pure and simple, that has scored MS an extra license sale.
The supplier sends a mis-labeled CD, and won't take it back? I'd say
you have excellent grounds to sue their ass.

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[Vantage]

Don't forget
- offline files
- Remote Desktops

Nothing wrong with XP Home.

If you are not using any of the following....
- logging into a domain server
- baroque per-user permissions
- EFS
- more than 5 PCs accessing the PC via LAN
- multiple discrete processors
...there's no point in Pro.


It's BS, pure and simple, that has scored MS an extra license sale.
The supplier sends a mis-labeled CD, and won't take it back? I'd say
you have excellent grounds to sue their ass.



Don't pay malware vendors - boycott Sony

 

[bxf]

It's BS, pure and simple, that has scored MS an extra license sale.
The supplier sends a mis-labeled CD, and won't take it back? I'd say
you have excellent grounds to sue their ass.

The OP already said "So . . . another call to the manufacturer and
they're sending a
replacement disc with XP Pro (I hope)". The fact that the supplier
doesn't care to have the original mis-labeled disk back is hardly
grounds for complaint.

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:24:55 +1100, "Vantage"

Don't forget
- offline files
- Remote Desktops

Yes, I prefer to avoid those too

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[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

The OP already said "So . . . another call to the manufacturer and
they're sending a replacement disc with XP Pro (I hope)".

Ahhh... that changes everything

The fact that the supplier doesn't care to have the original
mis-labeled disk back is hardly grounds for complaint.

True. Once we hear the right CD arrived, we can break out the bubbly!

There are some pretty grim OEM practices out there, that spell extra
license sales from MS with no risk of the ghost licenses being used or
generating support calls. Such as when a PC arrives with no proper
installation CD (after exhaustive attempts to detrmine this
beforehand) and the "fix" is to sell a second generic XP package,
while refusing to credit the first wasted one.

This looks OK though, i.e. not one of those.

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