I purchased a laptop last week used off ebay came with XP Pro installed (no
CD) went to run genuine validation and says VLK blocked microsoft wants $35
for support which I feel is wrong I do not feel I should pay for support for
something I had nothing to do with,will this prevent me from any difficulties
down road am able to do windows update all including SP2. I have 2 volume
licenses for XP but do not want to use one on this laptop is not necessary.

Buyer beware! Many eBay sellers are selling PCs with a bogus
version of Windows XP Professional!

If you are getting the following error message when attempting to update:

Error Message: The Product Key Used to Install Windows Is Invalid
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

You'll have to purchase a new "Full Version" of Windows XP Professional
and perform a "Repair Install" using the new Windows XP Pro CD and Product Key
that comes with it. (You cannot simply change the Product Key)

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

--
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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User


"wolfmanjack81" wrote:

wolfmanjack81 wrote:

So you are comfortable using a pirated install, and don't want to turn
in the business (person) that sold you the laptop with the pirated OS?

Then don't worry about it.

If you need security updates, then you can get them by turning on Auto
Updates, but that is counter-intuitive to Common Sense Computing.

http://comsense.microscum.com

So if you want to update using Common Sense, then you can get any
Security Update you need for MS from the following page:

http://microscum.kurttrail.com/postsp2

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"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

Leythos wrote:

No, I agree that you are only telling half the story, and that the OP
is
not SOL.

And I also agree that you want the OP to be victimized twice for this
one act of piracy by another, and MS, who can afford it, not to be
victimized at all.

Again, another example of you loving things more than real people.


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Leythos wrote:


LOL! So in a situation where the OP & MS are victims of a software
pirate, you want the thing that can well afford being the victim, to
get retribution from the PERSON who doesn't have billions in his/her
bank account.

Yep, you are a traitor to the human race. You are the MicroBorg, and
you are so far gone that you can't even see that you have been
assimilated!

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In news:kO3Uf.45067$UZ5.25307@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com,
Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> replied with a ;-)

This thread would make much more sense if kurttrails posts weren't deleted.
I don't know who is administrating the newsgroups now, but they should be
ashamed of how they are censoring anyone with any critical opinion about
Microsoft.
These newsgroups should be a valuable source of user feedback, positive or
negative. Censoring the negative posts makes this less of a viable source
where people would want to trust the source of the posters that are not
censored. Can someone find John Eddy and ask him how to deal with these
newsgroups. He was a thorn to the people that abused the newsgroups, but he
was intelligent and fair and did not do blanket censors of viable posters
that often post negative opinion and links about Microsoft.
Please stop blanketing pulling posts from kurttrail who never posts anything
that results in data loss, while allowing any and all posts from Andrew E
who delights in posting information that most of the time will result in
complete loss of all data and never gives a warning to that effect. He also
gives erroneous advice on upgrading from Home to Pro and many other gems of
bad advice. Talahassee, is just a loon and on any given day will give
brilliant information and the next post the information is like a fairytale
of bogus and often potentially harmful advice.

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:05:04 GMT, Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:

No, what is your fault is that you want people once victimized, to
victimized yet again.

MS has the resources to go after software pirates, the individual
human being does not.

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:07:04 GMT, Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:

ROFL! But by paying special attention to me, they just add
credibility to my criticism of Microsoft.

But hey, they have that right!

You are so insane. You think in such black and white ways.

There are many ways to react to something one doesn't like, and
Michael chose his.

As usual you see only what you want to see.

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=?Utf-8?B?d29sZm1hbmphY2s4MQ==?= wrote:
Well. My opinion is that when you buy used, the first step is to wipe
the drive clean and then install the OS you want to use fresh. So, it
doesn't matter if the existing OS is legit or not. One should start
fresh regardless.




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bobxodhzh wrote:

The same could be said of anyone that is so obsessed with hating
everything MS, that he/she appears to do nothing but rant here.

I'd guess that very few people here heed your advice, or care what you
think.

wolfmanjack81 wrote:

You're the one who purchased a laptop without bothering the ensure that
it came with a valid WinXP license. Why do you feel you're entitled to
free Microsoft support for a product that you have not purchased? Why
should Microsoft bail you out for your poor shopping skills? Microsoft
is a business, not a charity.

If the purchase of the laptop was supposed to be include a valid OS
license, file a complaint with eBay and your whichever of your local law
enforcement agencies that has jurisdiction over mail and/or Internet fraud.

In the meantime, buy yourself a legitimate copy of WinXP to replace the
pirated software you now have.



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chains and slavery? .... I know not what course others may take, but as
for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -Patrick Henry

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:28:30 GMT, Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> wrote:

No, the software pirate victimized the copyright owner, stupid, by
distributing their copyrighted material without permission. It is
call criminal infringement, and MS should go after the CRIMINAL, NOT
THE EFFIN' VICTIM!

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On 22 Mar 2006 15:51:07 -0800, "Uncle Grumpy"
<unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote:

LOL! Anyone that reads me regularly, and isn't a MicroSycophant, can
see that I try to be fair.

And I do love your exaggeration.

Too bad your guess is an uneducated one.

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In news:1143071467.660804.123960@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com,
Uncle Grumpy <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> replied with a ;-)
You are I think referring to kuttrail and he is not obsessed; and only hates
along with probably everyone else; the intrusive way MS has implemented
their flawed and confusing activation process. The activation process model
MS uses was and is still very flawed and generates the source of probably
50% of the posts from users in these newsgroups. If it was well implemented,
their would not be the volume of posts generated by the mandatory
activation.
MS should implement a user friendly pricing policy that allows at least the
retail version for use on two computers and a reasonable license for
additional computers. Compelling users to purchase expensive full and
upgrade versions of Windows, when the options are becoming much more user
friendly and can be installed on almost all current hardware and equlievent
software can use current documents and files for nothing more than a
download. Even if you buy into a Linux distro's support option, you can
install on as many systems as you want and receive the same support.

It is a shame that Microsoft cannot see past their blinders and must feel
the need to censor obviously concerned people giving very real advice.
I don't agree with all of kurt's agenda, but he should not be given a
blanket censor like the current owner of the Microsoft newsgroups newsgroup
police Capitan has deemed prudent. I find it showing how uninformed, quick
to judgment, and total cloudlessness the current MS NG police captain has
vividly shown to anyone monitoring the current MS newsgroups. If anyone
knows the naive and clueless person now responsible of monitoring the
newsgroups, please tell them to get a second opinion
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