 Is Your Windows A Genuine Or An Illegal Copy?, Windows Copy = Legit/bootleg? [poll] |
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 Oct 6 2007, 11:22 PM
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Newbie [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 6-October 07 Member No.: 51,245  |
Well i have a few computer (4), so i cant offord to go legit on all of them, but on the 2 legal ones i have copies of Windows Vista Ultiamte running, and on the other 2 i have Xp. I dont think thats to bad, seeing as how i paid a fortune for the 2 legal copies!
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Oct 7 2007, 08:34 AM
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apt-get moo  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,153 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Devon, England Member No.: 7,593  |
Out of the 4 computers in my house, 2 run Windows - one XP Home and one Vista Home Premium (or whatever stupid name Microsoft have given it). Both of those are legal versions, OEM without disk. The other two run Kubuntu 7.04, which is a little difficult to get an illegal copy of
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Oct 8 2007, 11:06 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 22-September 07 From: Varanasi, India Member No.: 50,401 |
I have an OEM copy of Windows XP. Windows Genuine Advantage, Windows Activation, and many other extra features are their in the original one.
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Oct 19 2007, 04:14 PM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 17-October 07 From: Canada Member No.: 51,664 |
i can't afford to buy the genuine one. i usually ask my friends who got the genuine version to burn a copy for me.
 Sharing is caring.. hehe
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Oct 19 2007, 07:09 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 403 Joined: 14-October 07 From: ERROR 404 Member No.: 51,575 |
Completely legit store bought version for me.
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Nov 4 2007, 09:38 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 7-November 05 From: New Delhi, India Member No.: 13,931 |
QUOTE(9block @ Aug 8 2007, 09:22 AM)  Well if you know what your doing and where its coming from you can usually pull it off. You definitely should stay away from torrents, and Im not going to explain where or how I managed to score a bootleg. I know its wrong and I want to buy a legit copy soon Support software developers. bang On.. As long as you know what are u doing its okay.. personally, i do have a legit copy so no worries for me.. but honestly how many of us would rather wait for support staff? people who know that free hosting exists would more often than not sort out their basic OS problems.. but yes one should be cautious before delving into something of this sort.. cheers , Forever... |
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Nov 5 2007, 12:20 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 259 Joined: 27-May 07 Member No.: 43,758 |
I have a 100% genuine copy. I can't beleive some people are stupid enough to use illegal copies. Whats the point? I mean common! OS systems can cause huge damage to your computer. OS is basically what your computer runs off of and if thats broken then your basically screwed. Plus who would be desprate enough to use a illegal version of it.
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Nov 5 2007, 07:22 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 319 Joined: 1-October 07 From: India Member No.: 50,968 |
I am using it in my college, so its legal only.
Also if there is something that you can give credit for the popularity of the windows operating system, its the pirated copies. I believe that half of the users use only pirated copies. This i can say you... I am in hostel and the strength of the hostel is around 3500 and in that there are around 1000-1500 systems. I am sure that only 100-200 of these systems have legal copies, that too obtained during the purchase of system for free... All the remaining operating systems have pirated copies. I guess, if everyone starts using only the original copies and use them, no one can beat Bill Gates ever... He will be the richest person for the next 100 years for sure.
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Nov 6 2007, 06:21 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 435 Joined: 3-January 07 From: The West Side Member No.: 36,424 |
QUOTE I have a 100% genuine copy. I can't beleive some people are stupid enough to use illegal copies. Whats the point? I mean common! OS systems can cause huge damage to your computer. OS is basically what your computer runs off of and if thats broken then your basically screwed. Plus who would be desprate enough to use a illegal version of it. So if your hard drive failed, you would be just so eager to run to the store and buy another CD for $100+? (supposing you had an OEM install from the beginning) Thanks be to Linux, Vista and their DX10 scams were the last straws.QUOTE OS systems can cause huge damage to your computer. No, you can cause huge damage to your computer. QUOTE Plus who would be desprate enough to use a illegal version of it. Perhaps the millions of people that are tired of getting ripped off and don't want to/can't switch to another OS? This post has been edited by dre: Nov 10 2007, 08:35 PM |
