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US Trustee Asks To Send SCO Into Chapter 7 259

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @11:33PM from the long-dark-teatime-drawing-to-a-close dept.

Several readers including Pop69 inform us that the US Trustee's office has asked to convert SCO's Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7 — a.k.a. liquidation. Groklaw has the text of the filing: "...not only is there no reasonable chance of 'rehabilitation' in these cases, the Debtors have tried — and failed — to liquidate their business in chapter 11."

Submission + - WARNING: driver updates causing Vista deactivation (apcmag.com)

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KrispySausage

on Tuesday October 23, 2007 @08:48AM

KrispySausage writes: "After weeks of gruelling troubleshooting, I've finally had it confirmed by Microsoft Australia and USA — something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.

Put simply, your copy of Windows will stop working with very little notice (three days) and your PC will go into "reduced functionality" mode, where you can't do anything but use the web browser for half an hour.

How can this ridiculous situation occur, and what is Microsoft's response... read on."

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