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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> James Broadhead wrote: |
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>> On 2 February 2012 15:34, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> Your reply made me think of something. I had a XP reinstall once that |
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>>>> required a number from MS because of the new mobo and hard drive. They |
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>>>> said it recognized the change in the serial numbers. When I ran into |
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>>>> that before tho, it installed fine but gave 30 days to put in the |
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>>>> number. Does winders 7 have something similar? |
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>>> When you install Windows 7, Vista or XP (SP3 or newer), you can |
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>>> actually skip the product key step and it'll install as a trial |
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>>> version (30-day? 90-day? something like that). You can then "upgrade" |
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>>> to the real version by activating it when you're comfortable that |
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>>> everything is working properly -- or don't activate it at all and |
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>>> install Gentoo. Trying to keep it on-topic. :) |
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>> This problem isn't related to Activation (which a lot of people have |
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>> been describing). Those errors tend to be pretty explicit. |
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>> In my experience, Windows 7 is relatively lax at install-time, and |
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>> will give you 30 days leeway before it demands a key (which may or may |
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>> not require calling the hotline). |
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>> I'd say that you've either been hit by; |
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>> - An incorrect OEM disk that's checking the BIOS for some kind of |
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>> Manufacturer flag (and not getting what it wants). |
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>> - A BIOS setting that Win7 doesn't like working with (I think that |
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>> IDE-compat/AHCI is a good avenue of approach). Mike's link looks good |
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>> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753) |
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>> Also, install Linux, jeez :3 |
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> I'm working on the Linux thing. He's warming up. It's like I told him, |
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> Firefox looks the same on Linux as it does on windoze. The differences |
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> between Linux, Kubuntu is what I am going for, and windoze is all under |
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> the hood. All they do is surf the web, check emails, and check on their |
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> banking stuff, maybe pay a bill or two. |
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> For what they do, Linux would be great. He's good enough on puters to |
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> upgrade Kubuntu too. It's just point and clicky anyway. |
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> Gentoo would be a bit much tho, unless I could build the packages here |
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> and install them there as binaries. |
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> I hope they get home soon. I want to check the BIOS settings. |
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Pretty much what I've got going for my grandmother. I had her working |
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with Evolution and Firefox on XP before we switched her over to the |
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same on Easy Peasy. She's very comfortable with it, and even clicks on |
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icons needed when it wants to update. |
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:wq |