Author Topic: Computer "geek" help needed. (Read 16467 times)

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #15 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:27:54 PM »

or just get around the whole Windows verification system...install a new network card :D

deg0ey · « **Reply #16 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:31:32 PM »

Are you one of these "Geeks" mentioned in the title? The only vaguely technical word I understood in that post was "install"...and that's only because that's what the computer tells me it's doing when I put CD ROMs in it :)

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:32:25 PM »

lets just say 'Geek' is an understatement... ask Sambo, he knows

deg0ey · « **Reply #18 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:34:45 PM »

But he's gone forever! *cries*

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #19 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:35:20 PM »

speaking of which, where is that thread? can't find it....

Ol · « **Reply #20 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:56:56 PM »

Quote from: deg0ey

Lol I know nothing about it, I let my dad deal with the Windows side of things - but i thought we were up to SP4 lol

Anyways, yeah alls i know is that you must never get SP2 if you have an illegal copy (as i've been told on many many occasions) otherwise the world will explode and you die...well, you get a mildly annoying message, but still

EDIT: and yes, common sense tells me that you're probably right about further updates and stuff - but i have very little to spare and wasn't gonna waste it on this thread :P

Just to clarify: Windows 2000 is up to SP4, Windows XP is up to SP2
Service Packs contain all previous Service Packs. So if you have WinXP with no service packs, and jump straight in at SP2, SP1 is automatically included.

rgds
Ol.

deg0ey · « **Reply #21 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:58:10 PM »

Ahhh that's where the SP4 idea came from...Just glad i didn't imagine it :)

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #22 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:58:17 PM »

oh, were ya talkin bout 2k??? thought we were on about XP??? my bad

deg0ey · « **Reply #23 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:59:42 PM »

No, I was talking about XP - but my dad works fixing all sorts, and I thought I'd imagined him mentioning SP4, but I didn't...I just didn't realise what it was in relation to :P

Jp. · « **Reply #24 on:** June 19, 2006, 06:52:41 AM »

Quote from: CaffeineJunkie

or just get around the whole Windows verification system...install a new network card :D

Bearing in mind I'm very backwards here.... will that work?

Ol · « **Reply #25 on:** June 19, 2006, 08:53:41 AM »

Quote from: Jp.

Bearing in mind I'm very backwards here.... will that work?

He's winding everyone up.

rgds
Ol.

CaffeineJunkie · « **Reply #26 on:** June 19, 2006, 09:19:09 AM »

me?? i know that works when you install with the same disk on two computers, you can just take the network card from one and put it in the other-because XP uses the MAC Address (the only unique part of your motherboard) to identify each computer, and then logs it into a database next to the serial number of each copy of XP. But i'm just rambling now...

Ol · « **Reply #27 on:** June 19, 2006, 11:49:16 AM »

Quote from: CaffeineJunkie

me?? i know that works when you install with the same disk on two computers, you can just take the network card from one and put it in the other-because XP uses the MAC Address (the only unique part of your motherboard) to identify each computer, and then logs it into a database next to the serial number of each copy of XP. But i'm just rambling now...

Perhaps, but that isn't what you suggested in your post above. You said get a new NIC, whereas you now imply you need the NIC from a PC for the same license of XP :-) I am not going to dispute what you say because I don't know, but I can't imagine XP only checks the MAC once? I know if you change too many devices on the PC it needs reactivating, but if as you say, the NIC is the identifier of a legal copy of XP, as soon as you swapped it for a new one isn't it going to complain? Also, wouldn't every one be doing it?

Do you have anything to back up your claims? I am interested in reading more.

rgds
Ol

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Ol.

deg0ey · « **Reply #28 on:** June 19, 2006, 02:46:35 PM »

Quote from: Ol

rgds Ol

rgds Ol.

Terrible echo in here :lol:

love you Ol...I agree with your post though, it does make sense that it would check more than once - It's not like Microsoft to do something half-assed

dasfonzie · « **Reply #29 on:** June 24, 2006, 04:41:00 AM »

Man this same thign happened to me. WITH A GENUINE COPY OF WINDOWS NO LESS!!
Apparently you can't install XP more than once :| ...

It's not like I payed $90 for it or anything...
I'm so glad I switched to a Mac :x