xp sending info microshaft

I didnt have any idea how many replies this post would generate, you amuse
amaze me!
thx

Kadaitcha Man wrote:
gregh wrote:

Anyone reading the post from gregh, King of retards, should also read
this:

http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery

Glad to see that I made the Peanut list.

"Peanut: johnf Problem: User has link to a missing temp file.

Answer “If he resets the PC clock back it may restore the temp file if it
only disappeared in the last couple of hours!”


I'd like to know who were the other peanuts who took that seriously.

Next time I'll use a Smiley for the retards who don't understand the OZ
sense of humour.

(For those who didn't read that thead, the original poster's clock was, from
memory, about 10 hrs ahead and had accidently deleted something several hrs
prior to his post.)

Oh, well, at least I'm famous now.

--
johnf

johnf wrote:
Kadaitcha Man wrote:
gregh wrote:

Anyone reading the post from gregh, King of retards, should also read
this:

http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery

Glad to see that I made the Peanut list.

"Peanut: johnf Problem: User has link to a missing temp file.

Answer “If he resets the PC clock back it may restore the temp file
if it only disappeared in the last couple of hours!”


I'd like to know who were the other peanuts who took that seriously.

Next time I'll use a Smiley for the retards who don't understand the
OZ sense of humour.

On that part about understanding the Aussie sense of humour, mate... I am an
Aussie, you ****chop. You have been out-humoured. BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! ****ing
classic! *COUGH* *CHOKE* *GURGLE* SPLUTTER* *WHEEZE* BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Kadaitcha Man wrote:
johnf wrote:
Kadaitcha Man wrote:
gregh wrote:

Anyone reading the post from gregh, King of retards, should also
read this:

http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery

Glad to see that I made the Peanut list.

"Peanut: johnf Problem: User has link to a missing temp file.

Answer “If he resets the PC clock back it may restore the temp file
if it only disappeared in the last couple of hours!”


I'd like to know who were the other peanuts who took that seriously.

Next time I'll use a Smiley for the retards who don't understand the
OZ sense of humour.

On that part about understanding the Aussie sense of humour, mate...
I am an Aussie, you ****chop. You have been out-humoured.
BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! ****ing classic! *COUGH* *CHOKE* *GURGLE* SPLUTTER*
*WHEEZE* BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Out-humoured? Bull, how was I supposed to know?
Next time use an email & URL address that gives some indication to that.
That f/u on your behalf just about earns you a spot on the list as well.
BTW, there's no such NG as "microsoft.public.windowsxp.perfor" - suggest you
don't go overboard with multiple posting.
--
johnf

johnf wrote:
Kadaitcha Man wrote:
johnf wrote:
Kadaitcha Man wrote:
gregh wrote:

Anyone reading the post from gregh, King of retards, should also
read this:

http://kadaitcha.ath.cx/bio.htm#peanut_gallery

Glad to see that I made the Peanut list.

"Peanut: johnf Problem: User has link to a missing temp file.

Answer “If he resets the PC clock back it may restore the temp file
if it only disappeared in the last couple of hours!”


I'd like to know who were the other peanuts who took that seriously.

Next time I'll use a Smiley for the retards who don't understand the
OZ sense of humour.

On that part about understanding the Aussie sense of humour, mate...
I am an Aussie, you ****chop. You have been out-humoured.
BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! ****ing classic! *COUGH* *CHOKE* *GURGLE* SPLUTTER*
*WHEEZE* BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Out-humoured?

Yes. Funny, eh?

Bull, how was I supposed to know?
Next time use an email & URL address that gives some indication to
that.

I did. Any Aussie worth his salt knows what a kadaitcha is. It's obvious
that you wouldn't know up from down even if you had three guesses at it.

"Ghost" wrote in message
...

Disabling Windows XP, for example, doesn't disable the computer, just
Windows XP. So, if you have a dual boot system with Linux on the other
side,
your computer isn't disabled, is it?


--
Friar Tuck was always the butt of Spoonerism Jokes from the Merry Men!

In any event, they cannot "deactivate" Windows XP if it is installed on
your system. This would be considered by the feds as a Denial of Service.

Plain and Simple.

Yep, plain and simply wrong. If the computer still works, they didn't
disable it, just their software. That doesn't disable your computer so it
wouldn't be considered anything by them.


--
Friar Tuck was always the butt of Spoonerism Jokes from the Merry Men!

"Ghost" wrote in message
...
In article , "gregh"
wrote:

"Newt" wrote in message
...
A friend has told me that if you use a copied version of xp or me that
it
sends details to MS and that MS have the ability to send info back in
Visual
Basic to disable your pc. I didnt think this would be true but
thought
I'd
ask you lot to shed some light on this.
He seems to think that if there is more than one copy of OS with same
or
generated cd key that MS can track you down or render your pc useless
remotely.
True or false?
What are the real risks of this?
Newt



A) Get a LEGAL copy never a pirated version!

B) Yes info is sent back whenever you do a Windows Update over the web.

C) Yes you can be remotely disabled with some stuff. This extends to
other
products, too, though.

D) If they can remotely disable, it is unlikely that a firewall would
stop
them. As you well know, anyone with the ability and desire to get onto
your
machine online can only be stopped by pulling the plug!


--
Friar Tuck was always the butt of Spoonerism Jokes from the Merry Men!



Another ignorant post from another ignorant rumor monger... Sorry gregh-
but your info is bad...

That's fine mate. Your knowledge is non-existent so your info isn't
insulting!


--
Friar Tuck was always the butt of Spoonerism Jokes from the Merry Men!

gregh wrote:

That's fine mate. Your knowledge is non-existent so your info isn't
insulting!

.... said the king of retards

relic wrote:
As predicted, Newt wrote this:
A friend has told me that if you use a copied version of xp or me
that it sends details to MS and that MS have the ability to send info
back in Visual Basic to disable your pc. I didnt think this would be
true but thought I'd ask you lot to shed some light on this.
He seems to think that if there is more than one copy of OS with same
or generated cd key that MS can track you down or render your pc
useless remotely.
True or false?
What are the real risks of this?
Newt

Bill *does* collect copies of your Porn collection though.

That has not been proven. 8-)
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

http://michaelstevenstech.com

In article , "gregh"
wrote:

"Ghost" wrote in message
...

Disabling Windows XP, for example, doesn't disable the computer, just
Windows XP. So, if you have a dual boot system with Linux on the other
side,
your computer isn't disabled, is it?


--
Friar Tuck was always the butt of Spoonerism Jokes from the Merry Men!

In any event, they cannot "deactivate" Windows XP if it is installed on
your system. This would be considered by the feds as a Denial of Service.

Plain and Simple.

Yep, plain and simply wrong. If the computer still works, they didn't
disable it, just their software. That doesn't disable your computer so it
wouldn't be considered anything by them.


--
Friar Tuck was always the butt of Spoonerism Jokes from the Merry Men!



Gregh...

Are you dain bramaged or what?

Stop arguing your uninformed opinion. They cannot disable the OS- it is
Denial of Service, a felony.

They cannot do it, even if you are in Australia. I am sure the aussies
have a similar law, but even if they dont, the US law will cover that
action since they are an American owned corporation.

Sheesh.

I refuse to get in a battle of the wits with an unarmed person. lol

And stop freaking cross-posting to all these NG!

Xref: kermit alt.certification.a-plus:72213 alt.certification.mcse:136770 alt.os.windows-xp:258301 microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:99611 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:538266 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:273126 microsoft.public.windows
xp.newusers:70805

That is a stupid argument even for you Greph. Jusy how many angels can dance
on the head of a pin?

As predicted, Michael Stevens wrote this:
relic wrote:
As predicted, Newt wrote this:
A friend has told me that if you use a copied version of xp or me
that it sends details to MS and that MS have the ability to send
info back in Visual Basic to disable your pc. I didnt think this
would be true but thought I'd ask you lot to shed some light on
this.
He seems to think that if there is more than one copy of OS with
same or generated cd key that MS can track you down or render your
pc useless remotely.
True or false?
What are the real risks of this?
Newt

Bill *does* collect copies of your Porn collection though.

That has not been proven. 8-)

ROFL.
--
- relic -
Resident Psychic: alt.os.windows-xp
"The French.... They're there when they need you."

An OEM OS *must* stay with the machine it was installed on.

If your pc went belly up, why didn't you use the OEM disc that came with
your machine to recover it?

If you're asking me what you should do, get one pc working with the OEM
copy. That has to be the machine that the OEM OS was supplied with. There
might be some kind of recovery disk. Does this suck? Yes, OEM recovery
discs do suck big time.

Then I'd get another pc, and upgrade it.

You may need to phone to sort out activation, but once it's been sortedout
its done.

Good luck!

(Im not looking forward to tcpa and am looking at "other os's", A bsd
variant at the moment.)

"Colin" wrote in message
...
Very interesting site. However, ...

I had a computer with an OEM version of XP on which went belly up.
Thinking
it not a problem I formatted the drive, bought an upgrade version of XP
and
installed it using my original OEM win98 version. I stupidly thought I
would
be able to use the OEM XP key to install the upgrade version but it wasn't
allowed. Due to time constraints I then used the upgrade key. I then tried
to install the upgrade XP on my original machine, but it was rejected.

So I have two keys, one version of the software and one computer with XP.
Surely I should have two computers with XP? What should I do?


"Michael Stevens" wrote in message
...
Newt wrote:
A friend has told me that if you use a copied version of xp or me
that it sends details to MS and that MS have the ability to send info
back in Visual Basic to disable your pc. I didnt think this would be
true but thought I'd ask you lot to shed some light on this.
He seems to think that if there is more than one copy of OS with same
or generated cd key that MS can track you down or render your pc
useless remotely.
True or false?
What are the real risks of this?
Newt

Newt,
Check the link below for some non-urban legend information on
activation.
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

http://michaelstevenstech.com

More info on XP activation.
http://aumha.org/a/wpa.htm

Thanks for the link Michael - this is interesting stuff. From idle curiosity
though, does XP ever update it's stored system features list? For example, I
suspect most people at some point upgrade the amount of RAM they have.
Initially, as I understand it, XP recognizes this as a system change but not
a large enough one to cry foul. After a month of use or some such, does XP
come to realize it's normal for the machine to have extra memory, or does it
forever more see that as a change to be wary about?

I guess I'm asking whether this is an adaptive algorithm or is it cast in
stone (silicon) when XP is first activated?

Bill

The problem was I didn't have an OEM disk nor a system restore disk.

"Dan Beale" wrote in message
...
An OEM OS *must* stay with the machine it was installed on.

If your pc went belly up, why didn't you use the OEM disc that came with
your machine to recover it?

If you're asking me what you should do, get one pc working with the OEM
copy. That has to be the machine that the OEM OS was supplied with.
There
might be some kind of recovery disk. Does this suck? Yes, OEM recovery
discs do suck big time.

Then I'd get another pc, and upgrade it.

You may need to phone to sort out activation, but once it's been sortedout
its done.

Good luck!

(Im not looking forward to tcpa and am looking at "other os's", A bsd
variant at the moment.)

"Colin" wrote in message
...
Very interesting site. However, ...

I had a computer with an OEM version of XP on which went belly up.
Thinking
it not a problem I formatted the drive, bought an upgrade version of XP
and
installed it using my original OEM win98 version. I stupidly thought I
would
be able to use the OEM XP key to install the upgrade version but it
wasn't
allowed. Due to time constraints I then used the upgrade key. I then
tried
to install the upgrade XP on my original machine, but it was rejected.

So I have two keys, one version of the software and one computer with
XP.
Surely I should have two computers with XP? What should I do?


"Michael Stevens" wrote in message
...
Newt wrote:
A friend has told me that if you use a copied version of xp or me
that it sends details to MS and that MS have the ability to send
info
back in Visual Basic to disable your pc. I didnt think this would
be
true but thought I'd ask you lot to shed some light on this.
He seems to think that if there is more than one copy of OS with
same
or generated cd key that MS can track you down or render your pc
useless remotely.
True or false?
What are the real risks of this?
Newt

Newt,
Check the link below for some non-urban legend information on
activation.
--

Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP

http://michaelstevenstech.com