XP Pro SP1--One--Torrent?

[smackedass]

Hello,

Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to be
SP1--Torrent?

In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost the
disk.

Thanks,

smackedass

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246/en-us

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I afraid SP1 is no longer in support and there are no legit MS sites
supporting it. You might be able to find the service pack in Windows
Downloads (archives) but not the entire OS. One source for XP SP1 cd's is
probably eBay, however I see no items listed today.

Microsoft does not provide a torrent.

 

[Bob I]

This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...79-fa3a-48bf-ade5-023443e29d78&DisplayLang=en

 

[smackedass]

This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"

What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not
the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any answers,
but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full day, I must
scream:

WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the download,
no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent, foolproof method of
making people authenticate it and be unable to install it on more than one
machine? It's the SILLIEST GODDAM thing; god forbid, someone (like my
customer) loses their disk, how can they be shit outa luck like that? WHY
should they? I'm sure if I had a day or two, I'd be able to track someone
down who had the right disk (I guess that the BitTorrent people have been
read the riot act, because it's nowhere to be seen there, you're not even
allowed to MENTION it in their "forum"), but my customer needs her computer
back today! I have the stupid 25-character label! Why not the software to
match?!?

Ironically, when I browsed through the less savory sites, there were XP Pro
SP1A torrents all over the place; I downloaded a few of them, they were ALL
bogus, and NONE of them asked TO BE ACTIVATED! And I DIDN'T USE THEM! once
I saw that they were bogus! What a senseless bunch of CRAP!

I mean, I know that they're able to arrange a fair deal now, it works for
the 2007 Office suite, and, to the best of my knowledge, for Vista; for XP,
can't they just send out another "patch" for this to be able to happen?
They have no problem sending out a new patch every two days about every
other freaking security loopole, anyway.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Thank you.

sa

 

[John O]

What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but not
the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.

NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any
answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full day,
I must scream:

WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the download,
no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent, foolproof method
of making people authenticate it and be unable to install it on more than
one machine?

One word: monopoly.


-John O

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?
Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?

Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use
whatever operating system he wants.

 

[Mister]

My one word response to this: Semantics

Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?
Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?

Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use
whatever operating system he wants.

 

[John O]

Ha-ha, that's funny. You might want to read up on your history of US
monopolies.

 

[smackedass]

One word: monopoly

I think that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly (I don't believe that it
is, Mac, Linux and Novell are available) is inconsequential. My point is,
once you pay for their software, and have a tag to prove it, the software
ought to be available for the download. Monopoly or not.

sa

 

[Alias]

Hello,

Can someone point me to a legitimate XP Pro Service Pack ONE--it has to
be SP1--Torrent?

In case the detectives are watching, I have a legit license, just lost
the disk.

Thanks,

smackedass

You can use your product key with XP Pro SP2 even if your key came with
SP1. I've done it many times. Instead of downloading it, find someone
who has one, copy it, and use that.

Alias

 

[Alias]

One word: monopoly.


-John O

More like a de facto monopoly but that's changing. Many people are
switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction with MS' so called
"anti piracy" programs that only serve to inconvenience paying customer.
Check Ubuntu out at www.ubuntu.com.

Alias

 

[Alias]

I think that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly (I don't believe
that it is, Mac, Linux and Novell are available) is inconsequential. My
point is, once you pay for their software, and have a tag to prove it,
the software ought to be available for the download. Monopoly or not.

sa

You are incorrectly assuming that MS cares about their paying customers.
As WPA and WGA prove, the don't. In fact, the hold their paying
customers in total disdain.

Alias

 

[PD43]

Many people are switching to Ubuntu due to complete dissatisfaction
with MS' so called "anti piracy" programs that only serve to
inconvenience paying customer.

"Many"? Like HOW many?

Like a drop of water in the ocean.

 

[PD43]

You are incorrectly assuming that MS cares about their paying customers.
As WPA and WGA prove, the don't. In fact, the hold their paying
customers in total disdain.

You're a moron.

 

[Alias]

You're a moron.

Wow, now there's an intelligent rebuttal. NOT!

Alias

 

[Alias]

"Many"? Like HOW many?

Like a drop of water in the ocean.

A million downloads a month is tad more than a "drop of water in the
ocean", chum.

Alias

www.ubuntu.com

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

You don't buy the software. You buy a license to use it. While microsoft
does in fact provide for download of some Windows versions now, they do not
provide a torrent. Why do you insist it be a torrent, anyway? MS uses an
FTP transfer, especially for files larger than 1GB and the transfers are
pretty fast.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Going from 0.1 % to 0.2% is doubling the number, after all.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The ocean is many hundreds of millions of Windows users. In any case, by no
means are all the downloads by first-time users. Plenty of them are users
downloading the latest version of the software.