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ggrobot
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: Sunday Tech Madness-Total Commander v6.54a [20962] |
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SECURITY... Hackers follow Microsoft patches with malware - Hackers have released software that could be used to take over Windows PCs that lack the latest Microsoft security patches. But while this code is dangerous, security experts said today that it had yet to be used by a
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Badmagic
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Sunday Tech Madness-Total Commander v6.54a [20962] |
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| ggrobot wrote: |
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New motherboard, new Microsoft Windows license? - Microsoft recently made a change to the licence agreement saying that a new motherboard is equal to a new computer, hence you need to purchase a new Windows licence.
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I am sorry I must have miss read that, could you repeat what you said? |
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yessum
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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That's f u c k fucked up 
Greedy Fucks |
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| This is in regards to OEM systems. If you change your mobo on your own PC, non-Dell etc.. then you are fine. If you read the article fully it says that. |
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Badmagic
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I did read it, and I am in charge of 5 systems running OEM windows in each, none of which were purchased from a company like Dell and all were in fact built by me including 5 separate OEM copies of XP bought at the time of the system components.
If Microsoft thinks its discouraging piracy with these new rules then they can think again I don’t plan on paying for another copy of XP for a system already built with and running it. |
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