bootleg copy of windows xp professional

I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
Thanks
Leslie

Using your new, legitimate copy of Windows XP:

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Leslie" wrote in message:
...

| I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
| my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
| will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
| legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
| will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
| have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
| Thanks
| Leslie
|

You can not buy and download a legal copy of Windows XP.

"Leslie" wrote in message
...
I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
Thanks
Leslie

Greetings --

You need to purchase and use a legitimate full retail copy of
WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341

Remember, you should also report whomever sold you the pirated
software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've been
defrauded.


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Leslie" wrote in message
...
I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
Thanks
Leslie

How do you know that she didn't want to buy a bootleg copy in the first
place and now just feels guilty. How does she know its a bootleg copy?
Bootlegging is a 2 way street. Yes there is the despicable person selling
the bootleg copy but there is also the despicable person buying the bootleg
copy. the going price for Windows XP Pro upgrade is $199. If you pay less
than that by much, then you should probably be suspicisious and wonder about
the copy.

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...
Greetings --

You need to purchase and use a legitimate full retail copy of
WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341

Remember, you should also report whomever sold you the pirated
software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've been
defrauded.


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Leslie" wrote in message
...
I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
Thanks
Leslie

actually, if you buy a bootleg copy of winxp today it should cost about
US$3.60 (yep it's less than four united states dollars!). the only
difference between the bootleg copy and the original is that the bootleg
copy is already preactivated and you can't install xp sp1 or sp1a. that's
about it.

now, are not supposed to be happy that leslie wants to go legal? what i
have in mind though is that she is satisfied with how winxp works and thus
wants to make her use legal. i would also like to believe that microsoft is
happy about her decision.

anyways, carey and bruce have given her some good reference. i hope it
hopes her well.

to leslie, go girl! LOL!

peace to all!


"William Gower" wrote in message
...
| How do you know that she didn't want to buy a bootleg copy in the first
| place and now just feels guilty. How does she know its a bootleg copy?
| Bootlegging is a 2 way street. Yes there is the despicable person selling
| the bootleg copy but there is also the despicable person buying the
bootleg
| copy. the going price for Windows XP Pro upgrade is $199. If you pay
less
| than that by much, then you should probably be suspicisious and wonder
about
| the copy.
|
| "Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
| ...
| Greetings --
|
| You need to purchase and use a legitimate full retail copy of
| WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
| using the new CD and Product Key.
|
| How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
| http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341
|
| Remember, you should also report whomever sold you the pirated
| software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've been
| defrauded.
|
|
| Bruce Chambers
|
| --
| Help us help you:
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
|
| You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
| having both at once. -- RAH
|
|
| "Leslie" wrote in message
| ...
| I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
| my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
| will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
| legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
| will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
| have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
| Thanks
| Leslie
|
|
|
|
|

In article ,
says...
|actually, if you buy a bootleg copy of winxp today it should cost about
|US$3.60 (yep it's less than four united states dollars!). the only
|difference between the bootleg copy and the original is that the bootleg
|copy is already preactivated and you can't install xp sp1 or sp1a. that's
|about it.
|

oh yes you can if you slipstream the ADMIN version of SP1a!



|now, are not supposed to be happy that leslie wants to go legal? what i
|have in mind though is that she is satisfied with how winxp works and thus
|wants to make her use legal. i would also like to believe that microsoft is
|happy about her decision.
|
|anyways, carey and bruce have given her some good reference. i hope it
|hopes her well.
|
|to leslie, go girl! LOL!
|
|peace to all!
|
|
|"William Gower" wrote in message
...
|| How do you know that she didn't want to buy a bootleg copy in the first
|| place and now just feels guilty. How does she know its a bootleg copy?
|| Bootlegging is a 2 way street. Yes there is the despicable person selling
|| the bootleg copy but there is also the despicable person buying the
|bootleg
|| copy. the going price for Windows XP Pro upgrade is $199. If you pay
|less
|| than that by much, then you should probably be suspicisious and wonder
|about
|| the copy.
||
|| "Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
|| ...
|| Greetings --
||
|| You need to purchase and use a legitimate full retail copy of
|| WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
|| using the new CD and Product Key.
||
|| How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
|| http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341
||
|| Remember, you should also report whomever sold you the pirated
|| software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've been
|| defrauded.
||
||
|| Bruce Chambers
||
|| --
|| Help us help you:
|| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
||
|| You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
|| having both at once. -- RAH
||
||
|| "Leslie" wrote in message
|| ...
|| I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
|| my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
|| will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
|| legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
|| will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
|| have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
|| Thanks
|| Leslie
||
||
||
||
||
|
|
|

Good girl Les! people like you make the world a better
place, unlike certain pirates...
i wish you the best of luck.

im lucky enough to be able to afford software (im still
eligible for the academic editions). if i couldnt afford
it, id go for the free versions though, its just theft
under a different name

-Jim-




-----Original Message-----
actually, if you buy a bootleg copy of winxp today it
should cost about
US$3.60 (yep it's less than four united states dollars!).
the only
difference between the bootleg copy and the original is
that the bootleg
copy is already preactivated and you can't install xp sp1
or sp1a. that's
about it.

now, are not supposed to be happy that leslie wants to go
legal? what i
have in mind though is that she is satisfied with how
winxp works and thus
wants to make her use legal. i would also like to believe
that microsoft is
happy about her decision.

anyways, carey and bruce have given her some good
reference. i hope it
hopes her well.

to leslie, go girl! LOL!

peace to all!


"William Gower" wrote in message
...
| How do you know that she didn't want to buy a bootleg
copy in the first
| place and now just feels guilty. How does she know its
a bootleg copy?
| Bootlegging is a 2 way street. Yes there is the
despicable person selling
| the bootleg copy but there is also the despicable person
buying the
bootleg
| copy. the going price for Windows XP Pro upgrade is
$199. If you pay
less
| than that by much, then you should probably be
suspicisious and wonder
about
| the copy.
|
| "Bruce Chambers" wrote in
message
| ...
| Greetings --
|
| You need to purchase and use a legitimate full
retail copy of
| WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place
upgrade) installation,
| using the new CD and Product Key.
|
| How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
|
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341
|
| Remember, you should also report whomever sold you
the pirated
| software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies;
you've been
| defrauded.
|
|
| Bruce Chambers
|
| --
| Help us help you:
| http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
|
| You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever count on
| having both at once. -- RAH
|
|
| "Leslie" wrote
in message
| ...
| I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
| my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
| will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
| legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
| will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
| have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
| Thanks
| Leslie
|
|
|
|
|


.

Jim wrote:
Good girl Les! people like you make the world a better
place, unlike certain pirates...
i wish you the best of luck.

im lucky enough to be able to afford software (im still
eligible for the academic editions). if i couldnt afford
it, id go for the free versions though, its just theft
under a different name

-Jim-


Here in the UK, Leslie spelt 'ie' is usually a man's name - the female form
is 'ly'. Of course, in the US, proper girls names are almost obsolete - I've
misplaced the URL, but there is a site that lists all the stupid things you
Yanks have named your kids (there are other nations mentioned, of course,
but the site is 99% American). There was a woman who wanted to name her
*DAUGHTER* Christopher Reese.

Sometimes I despair of you lot... ;o)

In article , says...
|
|Here in the UK, Leslie spelt 'ie' is usually a man's name - the female form
|is 'ly'. Of course, in the US, proper girls names are almost obsolete - I've
|misplaced the URL, but there is a site that lists all the stupid things you
|Yanks have named your kids (there are other nations mentioned, of course,
|but the site is 99% American). There was a woman who wanted to name her
|*DAUGHTER* Christopher Reese.
|
|Sometimes I despair of you lot... ;o)
|

they are Colonials - what do you expect?

"William Gower" wrote in message
...
How do you know that she didn't want to buy a bootleg copy in the first
place and now just feels guilty. How does she know its a bootleg copy?
Bootlegging is a 2 way street. Yes there is the despicable person selling
the bootleg copy but there is also the despicable person buying the
bootleg
copy. the going price for Windows XP Pro upgrade is $199. If you pay
less
than that by much, then you should probably be suspicisious and wonder
about
the copy.

How do *you* know that she is not a he?

Leslie is usually (though not exclusively) male, whereas Lesley is usually
(though not exclusively) female.

Cheers,
Probert.



"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...
Greetings --

You need to purchase and use a legitimate full retail copy of
WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;EN-US;Q315341

Remember, you should also report whomever sold you the pirated
software to the pertinent law enforcement agencies; you've been
defrauded.


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Leslie" wrote in message
...
I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
Thanks
Leslie

Probert wrote:
"William Gower" wrote in message
...
How do you know that she didn't want to buy a bootleg copy in the
first place and now just feels guilty. How does she know its a
bootleg copy? Bootlegging is a 2 way street. Yes there is the
despicable person selling the bootleg copy but there is also the
despicable person buying the bootleg copy. the going price for
Windows XP Pro upgrade is $199. If you pay less than that by much,
then you should probably be suspicisious and wonder about the copy.

How do *you* know that she is not a he?

Leslie is usually (though not exclusively) male, whereas Lesley is
usually (though not exclusively) female.

Cheers,
Probert.

Precisely - though I've yet to see 'Lesley' used as male.

Leslie wrote:
I now have a bootleg copy of windows xp professional on
my home computer. I don't want it. If I run restore I
will lose too much stuff. My question is: If I buy a
legal copy of Windows xp professional and download it
will it get rid of the illegal copy? Help. I want to
have the real thing. Not an illegal copy.
Thanks
Leslie


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In article ,
says...
|Ah yess
|
|those damn colonials that Winston had to beg to save your asses from the Jerries , eh?
|
No, we'd actually defeated the Germans in the Battle of Britain before
you lot ever got hit a Pearl Harbor.
The materials and men were to liberate Europe, NOT to liberate Britain.

I'm an American & have always felt a bit ashamed at the way in WW1 & WW2
that we let the Brits weaken the enemy before we went in. However in Iraq
we went in at the same time as the Brits and after a bad start of killing a
lot of our friends....yes including British soldiers...we are now learning
the true price of going in at the beginning of a war.

Having said that lets not be too hard on Leslie who, for whatever reason,
wants to do the right thing.

Expat Yank


"rifleman" wrote in message
t...
In article ,
says...
|Ah yess
|
|those damn colonials that Winston had to beg to save your asses from the
Jerries , eh?
|
No, we'd actually defeated the Germans in the Battle of Britain before
you lot ever got hit a Pearl Harbor.
The materials and men were to liberate Europe, NOT to liberate Britain.