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Options for 'Fixing' A Pirated Copy of Windows 601

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 30, 2006 @10:33AM

PunkOfLinux writes "My parents are running a pirated copy of windows that my mom received from a teacher at school. My parents want to go legit, and buy a copy of Windows, but they are afraid of deleting everything and having to reinstall all their programs. Seeing as I know you guys will have an answer, I'm going to ask you: What would you do in this situation?"

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First of all... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @10:35AM (#15810993)

I would post as anonymous coward...

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Re:Buy a copy of windows (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @10:44AM (#15811056)

Is it just me, or does that application SERIOUSLY lack nice MIDI music?

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Over-under (Score:5, Funny)

by mj01nir ( 153067 ) writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @10:49AM (#15811081)

Over-under on the number of "install Linux over it" posts: 36.

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Microsoft does not know the alphabet. (Score:3, Funny)

by students ( 763488 ) * writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @11:12AM (#15811178) Journal

In a VB (eww!) script in parent's link:

Wscript.echo "Correct usage: Cscript ChangeVLKey.vbs ABCDE-FGHIJ-KLMNO-PRSTU-WYQZX"

Back to kindergarten, Microsoft.

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If it's a pirated version of XP (Score:3, Funny)

by Khyber ( 864651 ) writes: <techkitsune@gmail.com> on Sunday July 30, 2006 @11:19AM (#15811224) Homepage Journal

Turn that pirated version in to Microsoft and give them some info on how you obtained it, and they'll get you a legit copy of Windows in return, plus a small nominal charge, of course.

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Vista (Score:3, Funny)

by jdbartlett ( 941012 ) writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @11:20AM (#15811227)

Upgrading XP? Why not just wait for Vista?

See you in a few years.

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It's simple... (Score:5, Funny)

by yakhan451 ( 841816 ) writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @11:43AM (#15811363)

... all you have to aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all.

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Re:First of all... (Score:2, Funny)

by caluml ( 551744 ) writes: <slashdot@spamgoe ... minus herbivore> on Sunday July 30, 2006 @01:21PM (#15811913) Homepage

Well, congratulations! You seem to have passed the first step successfully!

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JUST DOWNLOAD IT AGAIN FROM MININOVA.ORG (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @05:42PM (#15813286)

Seriously just re-download Windows XP From www.mininova.org, MUCH SMARTER IDEA

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Re:So tell me... (Score:3, Funny)

by CaptainAvatar ( 113689 ) writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @06:32PM (#15813520)

What is this [leekspin.com] a crack for? :-)
My sanity.

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Re:Reinstall (Score:3, Funny)

by Propaganda13 ( 312548 ) writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @07:00PM (#15813647)

They don't want to reinstall because they're don't want to reinstall their pirated copy of Office.

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Re:Why bother? (Score:2, Funny)

by Jah-Wren Ryel ( 80510 ) writes: on Sunday July 30, 2006 @08:09PM (#15813935)

Ooooh, but mocking self-righteousness and ignorance is baaaad!

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