as i haven't enough money to buy windows Xp, i decide to use illegal copies. my friend downloaded a copy of xp, used a sepcial software to make a key, and actived it. now it works very well and can update. i want to do the same, but i don't know whether it would cause series problems if i do this?
besides braking the law, of course. ;)
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Jump to PostIm using MS office and Open office without any problems. you can get hold of perfectly legal copies of MS office from trusted sites like ebay. i did and it was fully packaged complete with product key. try amazon also
Jump to PostGranted, but all I'm saying is that a "how would you feel" about people stealing your programs, isn't necessarily a valid point. Granted someone "borrowing" or stealing your car is a good and valid point, but there are plenty of people who write programs for people to use and modify. …
Jump to PostI'm going to confuse the thread a little here, well, at least my arguement, and expand on alc's post because I think it's interesting. I posted part of this somewhere else but can't find the ref...
For those who use the command prompt, of course that's left over from MSDOS, …
Jump to PostThere's so much controversy around these factoids, regardless of what movies might claim, that I won't argue the point. It's just interesting to me that Microsoft puts so much emphasis on protecting software that has its own skeletons in Redmond closets.
For more on CP/M and Gary Kildall, see:
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